Any patterns to the timing of the issue? What about load on the server? Harder 
to track that, I guess...

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Pat

On 20/03/2011, at 9:41 PM, Robby Russell wrote:

> Thanks for this. Been running in production for a few hours with
> that... but still producing the same problem. *scratches head*
> 
> Now to think of some other ways to dissect this problem.
> 
> On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 3:40 PM, Pat Allan <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Yeah, unless Sphinx is on the app server, it's best to. This should do the 
>> trick:
>> 
>>  production:
>>    version: 0.9.9
>> 
>> That'll make sure Riddle loads its 0.9.9 additions.
>> 
>> --
>> Pat
>> 
>> On 20/03/2011, at 5:35 PM, Robby Russell wrote:
>> 
>>> We're not. Should we be?
>>> 
>>> On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Pat Allan <[email protected]> 
>>> wrote:
>>>> In a similar vein, are you setting the Sphinx version number in your 
>>>> config/sphinx.yml file, given that Sphinx isn't on your app servers?
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> Pat
>>>> 
>>>> On 20/03/2011, at 5:22 PM, Robby Russell wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> I noticed that Riddle had some variant code depending on the version
>>>>> of the sphinx server. I hadn't restarted the app servers yet, so just
>>>>> did that and will see if that makes any difference.
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Pat Allan <[email protected]> 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> Fun indeed.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Have you posted to the Sphinx forum? Given that post you referred to is 
>>>>>> three years old, perhaps there's people with a better idea of what's 
>>>>>> causing it now?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> And just to check - the timing of the problem doesn't match the timing 
>>>>>> of your indexing, does it?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Pat
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 20/03/2011, at 4:38 PM, Robby Russell wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> A few hours later, it appears that we're still hitting the same
>>>>>>> problem with 0.9.9. Fun fun!
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 11:54 AM, Robby Russell 
>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>> We're adding more memory to the sphinx servers and upgrading to 0.9.9.
>>>>>>>> Will let you know what we uncover through that process...
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 3:45 PM, Pat Allan <[email protected]> 
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Well that's frustrating.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> I agree that the fact that it's only cropping up since you've 
>>>>>>>>> switched to TS is a fair reason to suspect TS/Riddle. Can't think why 
>>>>>>>>> it would be so unreliable (and difficult to reproduce).
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> A shot in the dark, but could you try upgrading to Sphinx 0.9.9 or 
>>>>>>>>> even 1.10-beta?
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>> Pat
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On 19/03/2011, at 5:42 PM, Robby Russell wrote:
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 12:33 PM, Pat Allan 
>>>>>>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> To be honest, this is at the edge of my Sphinx knowledge. I'd 
>>>>>>>>>>> recommend posting a question on the Sphinx forum, talk through how 
>>>>>>>>>>> usually the search works, but sometimes doesn't - and yet results 
>>>>>>>>>>> from Sphinx say there should be results.
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> In the meantime, you could add something like the following to your 
>>>>>>>>>>> controller:
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>>  @variations = TourVariation.search 'foo'
>>>>>>>>>>>  if @variations.empty? && @variations.results[:total] > 0
>>>>>>>>>>>    @variations = TourVariation.search 'foo'
>>>>>>>>>>>  end
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Actually, we tried raising an exception, rescuing and forcing it to
>>>>>>>>>> retry up time five times with a short delay between... and each time
>>>>>>>>>> it was still returning zero results. When it's not cooperating... it
>>>>>>>>>> seems like that individual request is just a lost cause.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Robby
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