[TYPO3-core] RFC: Bug 4470: indexed search pagebrowser shows wrong numbers

[Michael Stucki]

Reminder!

After all this is a no-brainer: If the (new) configuration property is
set, the loop just doesn't stop after $pointer is reached.

- michael

Michael Stucki schrieb:
> This is a SVN patch request.
> 
> Problem:
> The Indexed Search plugin usually finds the number of search results by 
> counting all results of the database query, and then walking through all of 
> them, doing a check if the user is really allowed to display this result.
> If he had no access, this match will be subtracted from the result.
> 
> (This can be controlled using the "show.forbiddenRecords" property, btw.)
> 
> However, the usual scenario is that indexed search counts these results only 
> up to the page that is displayed, and then stops. This is reasonable because 
> the difference of the result count is usually just a minor one. However, one 
> may be surprised why indexed_search shows a different result number at every 
> result page.
> 
> The rule is: The closer he gets to the last page of the result browser, the 
> more precise the counter will be.
> 
> Solution:
> Add a new property to force exact counting, which simply means that indexed 
> search checks permissions for _every_ search record, not only up to the 
> current page.
> 
> Documentation changes for Indexed Search manual:
> Property: exact_count
> Type: boolean
> Description:
> Force permission checking for every record. Otherwise, records are only 
> checked up to the current result page. This will cause a slowdown of your 
> website search, but the results counter will work precisely therefor.
> 
> Branches:
> Trunk only
> 
> - michael
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