Problem with search

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Jenk
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Problem with search

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I didn't know where to post this, sorry. :oops:

I just tried to search for $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] with default options selected (topic and posts etc. etc.)

It finds multiple pages, 134000+ threads, but when I click page 2 it says nothing found?!

Just a heads up :)
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I would say that's a bug in phpBB itself. Try using REMOTE_ADDR instead.
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Post by Chris Corbyn »

feyd wrote:I would say that's a bug in phpBB itself. Try using REMOTE_ADDR instead.
A bug? In PhpBB? No?! 8O :D And in the search feature of all places. I'm shocked. The PhpBB coders did a really good job of creating a solid search facility. It never fails to return good results. Hmm... must be something else.
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try going through my posts list.. it's a fun experience.

search.php?search_author=feyd
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Post by matthijs »

Wow. Last week we were celebrating your 20000's post, and now already on 20397?? For how long will the db be able to handle this?
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Post by feyd »

it certainly has problems paging my post list, so I can only imagine apocalyptic results in only a matter of time.. :)
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Well, no worries. I guess that even if the db gets overloaded and starts loosing posts, you will still post faster then the db looses posts :)
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Post by Chris Corbyn »

I remember when a previous admin accidentally turned on auto-pruning :lol: How annoying would that be feyd? You'd have to try and post faster than your post were being pruned.
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Post count wouldn't drop. :)
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Post by Jenk »

I think it's pretty clear feyd has a subforum with access restriced to he alone, and a redundant machine with no meta redirects and a sticky F5 key on the submit post page, and a hired woodpecker to hit enter to accept the resubmission of post data.

What is being submitted, only feyd (and the woodpecker) knows ;)
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