Re: Search Bar Not Working...

On 02/24/16 12:52 PM, Martin Rosenfeld wrote:
>> It was formhistory.sqlite from the original profile that broke the
>> search engine. I deleted it and let it reform and the search engine
>> seems to work right. I also put the original formhistory.sqlite that
>> broke search in the original profile into the new profile, and it broke
>> search. I will let you know if this fix does not help.
>
> It happened again. Search stopped working in FF. After deleting
> formhistory.sqlite the search function came back.
>
> Does this behavior interest anyone? What is formhistory.sqlite and how
> can it get "farkled" so that it turns off the search function in the
> search bar but not the url bar?

I've been wondering if something is broken in sqlite3 as 
places.sqlite-wal doesn't seem to get deleted when the browser (SM) is 
shutdown and this morning I lost all history due to places.sqlite-wal. 
Had to delete it and restore places.sqlite from backup.
I don't know if this is related to your problem but perhaps.
You can look in formhistory.sqlite, using a sqlite viewer. I believe 
there is one on Hobbes. It's a QT app so might also be on Netlabs. It 
might tell you how the sqlite3 file is getting corrupted.
If a few more people have the same issue with FF38, then it might be 
worth opening an issue.
Dave