[Solved]Note to site admin - Search facility

expat · Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 9:52 pm

It seems that the search facility on the forum is not functioning correctly as I have searched for something which I know exists but the search returns no results.

Could someone please take a look

Bill Woodger · Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2011 11:00 pm

I searched for it as well, couldn't find it either.

I have to say it has been a bit "iffy" for a while. I usually end up with Google, though if it is buried in multiple results, not so good.

mcmillan · Site Admin Joined: 18 May 2003 Posts: 1210 Location: India

We are working on that...

Bill Woodger · Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 2:07 pm

Thanks. Appreciated.

Bill Woodger · Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 6:26 pm

Whilst on this subject, I have a request. Could a change be made to "open in a new window" from the search results list?

Every time I forget to do that, when I go "back" I have to refresh to get the search results page again. Maybe something dumb I'm doing, but if it could work like when clicking on the URL-embedded links it would be nice.

Not a desperate problem, just if someone happens to be looking at that bit of code.

If it helps at, I volunteer to do the UAT for it.

dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 8:19 pm

why don't you just use a right click on the link and use the dropdown to open it in a new tab?

you mainframe bound, pc illiterate

I have plain vanilla Firefox and MS-Internet-Explorer at work,
as a result, I have no control over the set-up,
and have to resort to right-clicking, even if the Link is set-up for new tab open.

not only that I have an english keyboard at home and a german at the office.
not alwazs easz to yero in on everzthing.

Bill Woodger · Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 8:41 pm

Well, yes. Some proportion of the time I manage that :-)

The rest of the time I notice that the left-arrow at the top left is dark blue and I think, oh, dear.

I just thought it can't be a big thing if someone is already looking at the code. If they amend it, people can still go on right-clicking without noticing the difference.

If it isn't changed, I'll have to continue right-clicking, most of the time :-)

mcmillan · Site Admin Joined: 18 May 2003 Posts: 1210 Location: India

Let me know the functionality of 'search' now

vasanthz · Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 11:16 am

Firefox middle click
opens links in new tab,
Also handy in closing tabs or opening new tabs.

expat · Posted: Fri Oct 14, 2011 1:03 pm

Mc ............................... looking good

Many thanks

Bill Woodger · Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2011 12:30 am

For me, still confused. Forgetting all the stuff about the windows...

I enter MOVE as the term to be searched for. Select Mainframe Cobol. Posts.

First thing I get is from July 23, 2009. "MOVE"s are highlighted, so it is finding what I am looking for in this example, but not anything recent.

Symnames. Finds one in this year. Junk, doesn't find recent references. Etc.

If I select within the last year, I get "no posts..."

Maybe I just didn't test it at the right time, and it is coming back shortly...?

dick scherrer · Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2011 12:55 am

Yup, "junk" does not find the recent "junk buster" posts.

"buster" only returns an old post about BlockBuster movies.

Possibly there is some problem with the search index(es). Full? Broken?

mcmillan · Site Admin Joined: 18 May 2003 Posts: 1210 Location: India

Please try now and let me know the status...

mcmillan · Site Admin Joined: 18 May 2003 Posts: 1210 Location: India

Bill Woodger · Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 7:09 pm

Sorry, but if I search Cobol forum for MOVE, I get two recent topics, then the next is from 2009.

"Junk" I still don't get recent references. Same with "Buster", although both no find this thread.

Sorry again, but I don't get any different behaviour from the search list. I'm not worried so much about this, much more about getting the search up-to-date.

If you want some concrete failures with counts achieved, I can do some later...

mcmillan · Site Admin Joined: 18 May 2003 Posts: 1210 Location: India

Bill Woodger · Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 7:49 pm

Different computer, OS, browser, different results. 16, 15 Oct this year, then 23 Feb, for MOVE in Cobol forum.

mcmillan · Site Admin Joined: 18 May 2003 Posts: 1210 Location: India

enrico-sorichetti · Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 8:43 pm

tested with search for MOVE in mainframe COBOL
safari/firefox
1480 matches
the first and the last hits in the first page were the same as Yours

dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 8:45 pm

dick scherrer · Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 9:39 pm

A SEARCH for buster only returns 2 topics:
This topic.
A topic from 2006 - Fun Stuff: Blockbusters

There is a current topic containing code that Bill Woodger has provided called "junk buster", but the search does not find this. . .

Similarly, junk fails. Before this topic, the next topic is from Dec 2010 and the "current" posts are not found.

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Bill Woodger · Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 9:45 pm

I get the 1480, but the results are "wrong" in that MOVE appears in more topics than 2 since 23 Feb this year.

Plus, I get the same results as Dick for Junk and Buster.

mcmillan · Site Admin Joined: 18 May 2003 Posts: 1210 Location: India

I admit and working on that...

Bill Woodger · Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2011 10:55 pm

I don't know if it is any help, but between my two posts on different machines earlier tis afternoon, the results did change. Might be a clue.

Appreciate the efforts of you and yours to fix this.

Bill Woodger · Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 3:43 am

I have looked at the smallest fora.

In the Site Announcements I can search and get a list of all 30 topics.

In the FAQ and Off-Colour I can only get 51 topics, I cannot get the 2nd, 3rd and 4th "youngest" (PIN Crackers, SUDOKU KILLER, and Terminator). The only way I have found to get the PIN Crackers from the search is by specifying Bill O'Boyle as the poster. If I search for "Bill" another of his posts there comes up, but not the PIN Crackers.