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GoneShootin · 2006-02-23 20:19:33

Wanted a walk down memory lane and decided to find my very first post on boards via "Find more posts by GoneShootin". But it only brings up the last 500. Also when I try "Find all posts by GoneShootin" via my profile, it also comes back with just 500 results. So am I missing something in the search where it limits the…

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23-02-2006 9:19pm

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GoneShootin

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Wanted a walk down memory lane and decided to find my very first post on boards via "Find more posts by GoneShootin". But it only brings up the last 500.

Also when I try "Find all posts by GoneShootin" via my profile, it also comes back with just 500 results.

So am I missing something in the search where it limits the number of results to 500?

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#2 23-02-2006 11:08pm
Raphael

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Nobody wants to read their first post on boards. Nobody*.

*may just be me >.<

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#3 23-02-2006 11:16pm
Karoma

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GoneShootin wrote:

Wanted a walk down memory lane and decided to find my very first post on boards via "Find more posts by GoneShootin".
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Do this often?
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=315758&postcount=1

*shrug* Do an old fashioned search Search or Google ..
The number is set @ AdminCP afaik... In the majority of cases > 500 is overkill.

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#4 23-02-2006 11:19pm
TerrorFirmer

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eeeeeek, memory lane

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#5 24-02-2006 10:18am
GoneShootin

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HavoK wrote:

eeeeeek, memory lane

Found it.

Thanks for the lead Karoma

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#6 24-02-2006 10:43am
seamus

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Heh. All searches will only show 500 results. Must be some limit to stop MySQL crapping itself.

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#7 24-02-2006 1:03pm
RuggieBear

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Ah cool...i had quite forgotton how to use search properly.

my first post on boards

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