Re: Problem with shownext
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2003
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 53013
interpreted = N
texte = Kenneth Grome wrote: > But when the same template is used on the live server, all the shownext > links above 500 are not shown, which makes it IMPOSSIBLE to page thru > all 1400 records. Instead, the only visible shownext links are the ones > that will display the first 500 found items. > That is the way that MaxFound has _always_ worked, it is the way that it is _documented_ to work, and the way that makes most sense. Set the MaxFound on the production site to a higher value. MaxFound and ShowNext are two different ways to make sure that you don't dump your entire database into a single page. MaxFound protects you against people running trivial searches (e.g. all records containing 'A') and bringing your web server to it's knees trying to generate a multimegabyte HTML file (not to mention bring the browser to a halt trying the render that large page). ShowNext, on the other hand, is intended to display small, byte-sized chunks of a much larger data set. If you are using ShowNext on your results pages, you should always set MaxFound to a high enough value to reasonably cover your largest possible search sets. ShowNext will efficiently display a limited window of records. If you use ShowNext, there is no real reason to set MaxFound to a small value, since you can always limit the return set to a reasonable size. But if you do this, you need to /always/ use ShowNext, so that you never have an uncontrolled return set. John -- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5747 ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Kenneth Grome wrote: > But when the same template is used on the live server, all the shownext > links above 500 are not shown, which makes it IMPOSSIBLE to page thru > all 1400 records. Instead, the only visible shownext links are the ones > that will display the first 500 found items. > That is the way that MaxFound has _always_ worked, it is the way that it is _documented_ to work, and the way that makes most sense. Set the MaxFound on the production site to a higher value. MaxFound and ShowNext are two different ways to make sure that you don't dump your entire database into a single page. MaxFound protects you against people running trivial searches (e.g. all records containing 'A') and bringing your web server to it's knees trying to generate a multimegabyte HTML file (not to mention bring the browser to a halt trying the render that large page). ShowNext, on the other hand, is intended to display small, byte-sized chunks of a much larger data set. If you are using ShowNext on your results pages, you should always set MaxFound to a high enough value to reasonably cover your largest possible search sets. ShowNext will efficiently display a limited window of records. If you use ShowNext, there is no real reason to set MaxFound to a small value, since you can always limit the return set to a reasonable size. But if you do this, you need to /always/ use ShowNext, so that you never have an uncontrolled return set. John -- John Peacock Director of Information Research and Technology Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group 4720 Boston Way Lanham, MD 20706 301-459-3366 x.5010 fax 301-429-5747 ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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