Christer
Joined: Aug 02, 2003
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Those of you who post a lot on the forums have probably noticed the absolutely insane time it takes to submit new posts. I've just pushed a change to the site hoping to reduce the sometimes several minute delay for this.
Although I don't expect any problems, let me know if you run into it (or if posting still takes excessively long). |
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harvestmouse
Joined: May 13, 2007
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Apr 12, 2013 - 13:28 |
 
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As of now, it seems to be taking a long time again. |
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Nelphine
Joined: Apr 01, 2011
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Apr 12, 2013 - 23:44 |
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I have found it going much faster than 2 weeks ago, although I've only posted a few times in the last few days. |
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WhatBall
Joined: Aug 21, 2008
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Apr 13, 2013 - 00:09 |
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I've found it faster. I used to have huge wait times. |
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harvestmouse
Joined: May 13, 2007
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Apr 13, 2013 - 01:55 |
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Well what I'm saying is, yes it sped up dramatically, however today (maybe after the site had problems) it seems to have slowed down again. |
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Dan-Da-Man
Joined: May 14, 2012
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Apr 13, 2013 - 02:07 |
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testing |
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Dan-Da-Man
Joined: May 14, 2012
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Apr 13, 2013 - 02:08 |
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wow was instant this time before had to wait forever |
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harvestmouse
Joined: May 13, 2007
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Apr 13, 2013 - 09:43 |
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The problems with long posts, not short ones. My problem was with a longish post I edited a few times. It hung for 30 seconds or more each time I edited it. |
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Rabe
Joined: Jun 06, 2009
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Apr 13, 2013 - 10:17 |
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For testing reasons I just edited this post (5612 characters, including punctation signs and spaces) without actually changing anything. I took almost exactly one minute until it was posted.
Edit 1:
This short answer appeared almost immediately.
Edit 2:
The edit of this needed over 15 seconds though. Maybe it works quicker with the "quick answer" form? |
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Christer
Joined: Aug 02, 2003
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It's not related to the input form.
The main problem lies in the way the forum handles the search function. Basically, the idea is that the site stores a list of words used in each post, and the problem is that when the forum gets large (ie, lots of posts), there will be a pretty significant amount of entries in this list.
The first thing I changed (prior to posting this thread) was to move out a function that figures out "common" words ('a', 'of', 'the', etc) which occur in a significant number of posts (like 40%). This was very time-consuming, and I've instead made that code run once per day instead of after each post.
When you update a post, the system does two things:
1. Remove entries in the search system for the post you're editing (old version)
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2. Reinsert the entries for the new version of the post.
The method used for this was pretty database intensive, and I have now made an attempt at improving the process, making it faster. It's still not instant to edit a long post, but it certainly is faster than before. Let me know if something is messed up  |
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Rabe
Joined: Jun 06, 2009
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Apr 13, 2013 - 13:27 |
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"Edited" the long post again and sent it unchanged into the system. This time it only took 13 seconds (instead of 1 minute).
Thanks, Christer! |
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JackRogers
Joined: May 07, 2013
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May 07, 2013 - 08:06 |
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