I think that was a workaround solution ed1 had suggested. We didn't need any workaround in the classic/old search. That's why we want to keep it in the new IB search.

Glad to know IB is working on making this (part of) search come true. :D

I did a search on the terms "churning credit card" based on a thread title I had seen pop up on the home page yesterday. Nothing like that showed up in the first two pages of the search results for either the default or post date sorting.

Found the desired thread, #4 at the time in Other Credit Card Programs titled "Credit Card Churning" by just navigating to the forum.

One Incident Report of "HTTP Status 500"
 

Well, I was able to "produce" one search error this morning.

Under Other Credit Card Programs Forum, I search for "churning" using the dropdown textbox in "Search This Forum", this is what I got:

Search results provided by: ibSearch from Internet Brands
HTTP Status 500 -

type Exception report

message

description The server encountered an internal error () that prevented it from fulfilling this request.

exception

org.springframework.web.util.NestedServletExceptio n: Request processing failed; nested exception is java.lang.NullPointerException
org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.p rocessRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:487)
org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.d oPost(FrameworkServlet.java:440)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet .java:710)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet .java:803)

root cause

java.lang.NullPointerException

note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the Apache Tomcat/6.0.14 logs.
Apache Tomcat/6.0.14

All times are GMT -6. The time now is 4:10 am.

I think IB is still working on the title search part, as Kevin indicated in post #280. Don't know they didn't specify this particular problem in the recent announcement under the Technical Issues Forum. Possibly overlooked? :confused:

I guess that's also why I got the error message noted above (even we do know a thread with the exact title, Credit Card Churning, does exist.

Add me to the status 500 club.

Poor choice of phrasing. It was the was the functionality that "leaked" not the data. In the last release we added some code to show the "last thread update" date when viewing by threads. It was never intended to affect the display when viewing by posts, but it appears that we are incorrectly handling both the same way.
Kevin

Thank you for reporting this issue. I sent it over to the development team to research. We'll find out what's going on and get it fixed. Thanks again!

status 500 club
 

Add me as well - my first time to report it, but not my first time to see it:

HTTP Status 500 -

type Exception report

message

description The server encountered an internal error () that prevented it from fulfilling this request.

exception

org.springframework.web.util.NestedServletExceptio n: Request processing failed; nested exception is java.lang.NullPointerException
org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.p rocessRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:487)
org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.d oPost(FrameworkServlet.java:440)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet .java:710)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet .java:803)

root cause

java.lang.NullPointerException

note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the Apache Tomcat/6.0.14 logs.

May 22, 2008: My 2nd Status 500 Club Report
 

Not again! (I was looking up another member's profile.) :(

i'm part of the club now also...trying to use quicklinks (touted in the recent talkmail email) to see 'my threads,' i get:
:(
HTTP Status 500 -

type Exception report

message

description The server encountered an internal error () that prevented it from fulfilling this request.

exception

org.springframework.web.util.NestedServletExceptio n: Request processing failed; nested exception is java.lang.NullPointerException
org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.p rocessRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:487)
org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.d oPost(FrameworkServlet.java:440)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet .java:710)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet .java:803)
root cause

java.lang.NullPointerException
note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the Apache Tomcat/6.0.14 logs.

I've noticed the last day or so that sometimes when I click MyFlyerTalk I instead get NewPosts. This now has happened on 4 different computers.

Just checking - is there actually a plan to get back to a functional search capability sometime, or is the plan to keep the current (generally not useful) search model?

As far as I know, there's no going back. I would say the current beta search is not perfect but not that bad. Still a lot to be desired though. (At least we don't need the status 500 club.) ;)

IB is "slowly" working on the updates. You may want to read the FlyerTalk Search Updates Announcement to get some ideas.

Don't know what's not functioning for you the ways you use search. If you have some specific complaints/problems or some specific features you want to see, post them here in this thread, so the IB team know what to work on. @:-)

Another Horrible Fix Released?
 

It seems I am seeing the same horror as the other two mods reporting in the other thread ( here & here).

I was using the dropdown "Search this Forum" in S.P.A.M, I was fed with unbelievable threads
1) dated in the year 1970 (waaay before our FT time :eek:). We don't have FT in 1970, do we? :td:
2) scattered in SPG, CommunityBuzz!, OMNI, UA, Thai Airway, Qantas, DiningBuzz!, AA, ...I believe in every possible forum in FT. Didn't I just use "Search this forum" feature? :eek:

No need to mention most of the results were not closely related to what I was seaching for. :td:

What's wrong with the last released fixes?

sorry, I find it a bit hard to use search to bird dog this, but I had a strange results today.

Searching IN the IC HOTELS forum, for a string like NEW YORK, I get results from ALL forums and NOT just the forum I am in, as WELL the LAST POST results are showing DATES IN THE FUTURE like JUNE 28, 2008.

Is this an issue?

i cant search by forum anymore either. (changed yesterday/today?)

and i hadnt been running into problems for a while. :|