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

[Oliver Hader]

Hi Michael,

+1 on reading the patch

olly


Michael Stucki schrieb:
> 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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