Search Function Still Not Working!
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Racer
Joined: Jan 2005
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From: New York
Search Function Still Not Working!
I'm sure this may be the wrong place for this post but the search function is virtually useless as it functions now. I know it was taken down for some time to repair but the fix didn't work. It finds some stuff, misses more than it finds, seems pretty random at what it comes back with. I've tested it in numerous conditions and I'm very confident that I'm right about this. If the search function worked properly it would probably eliminate a lot of nearly duplicate threads. 
Melting Slicks
Joined: May 2004
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From: West Barnstable MA
I share your pain.
I have started using the advanced search function and limit the timing of the search, e.g. last 90 days, and have had better luck.
Somewhere I remember that the size of the forum database is so large it confuses the search, and by constaining the dates, it seems to work better.
Let me know if this solves your issue.
I have started using the advanced search function and limit the timing of the search, e.g. last 90 days, and have had better luck.
Somewhere I remember that the size of the forum database is so large it confuses the search, and by constaining the dates, it seems to work better.
Let me know if this solves your issue.
Race Director
Joined: Nov 2003
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From: Mustang OK
Post this in the Help Forum and the Moderator there will pass it along for someone to take a look at.
Safety Car
Joined: Nov 2003
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From: San Diego, CA "leaf" "tee" "e"
I regularly post in the Help forum. Please don't think posting there is bitching or whining. Often times, tech's don't know there's a problem, and may never find out until a user (us) let's them know. Letting them know gives them the opportunity to provide better customer service.
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Racer
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 335
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From: New York
If this search function is working or was working yesterday, then I obviously have different expectation from a search. If you search for a text 'string' that you absolutely know is in a particular forum or in one of the forums (assuming you are using the broader search function) and it does not find that string, then I would say the search has failed. This is what happens repeatedly with this search. I'm definitely NOT bitching because I was a computer programmer for many years and know the difficulty of testing for 'bugs' and fixing them. Unless you have the time to set up really good test cases and then be very rigorous and unbiased in your testing, it is very difficult to even recognize that their are bugs in your programs. It is the usual case that the larger base user community finds bugs, then presents them back to the programmer to fix. I am pretty darn certain as a user that this function is not working in the manner that I would expect it to. Perhaps my expectation and that of the original 'customer' base differ.
