Why is the next page of one search considered a totally separate search?

[Hector]

If I do a search and get a big hit of say, 50 pages, as soon as I press 'next page' I get a warning like "Please wait another X seconds before attempting another search".

 

So let me get this straight; each page of one search counts as a separate search?

 

Best,

Hector

[eternal_newbie]

Blame the forum software. Basically, unlike most forum searches, rather than run the search in the background and then give you a token so you can page through the results, the "search" is actually just a query string in the URL:

 

https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/search/?q=hector&quick=1

 

This means that there's no cached search results to quickly grab and show you, so every single page is indeed its own independent search (i.e. page 1: find me the first 50 posts with "Hector"; page 2: find me posts 51-100 with "Hector").

 

Most modern forum software is better than this, so hopefully the planned upgrades will make this a thing of the past.

[Hector]

2 minutes ago, eternal_newbie said:

Blame the forum software. Basically, unlike most forum searches, rather than run the search in the background and then give you a token so you can page through the results, the "search" is actually just a query string in the URL:

 

https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/search/?q=hector&quick=1

 

This means that there's no cached search results to quickly grab and show you, so every single page is indeed its own independent search (i.e. page 1: find me the first 50 posts with "Hector"; page 2: find me posts 51-100 with "Hector").

 

Most modern forum software is better than this, so hopefully the planned upgrades will make this a thing of the past.

Many thanks for such a concise explanation Rohan.

 

I thought that I was doing something wrong at this end.

[Brian]

Indeed, and it's because searching through the hundreds of thousands of posts is one of the most resource intensive things that can happen to the forum.
So it it is a necessary limit, until we can afford to have better hosting without going full commercial.
Of course there is always the Gold membership that reduces search intervals down to a more comfortable limit, and I think $5/month is easily worth the convenience.

 

Brian

[Lewis B]

From my perspective reducing the search throttling and the ability to edit posts for an extended time without the notice message that a post had been edited, justify the Gold membership fee. 

 

@Brian will the new forum software have some additional Gold member perks?

[Brian]

I am certain there will be, but it's a huge update, and I have yet to play with all the features. So time will tell but I suspect there will be a lot of improvements for everyone.
Gold members also currently enjoy larger file sizes and can post more images. Plus many more features.

[Lewis B]

14 minutes ago, Brian said:

Gold members also currently enjoy larger file sizes and can post more images. Plus many more features.

Good point, something I have recently taken advatage of in my nihonto photography thread.

[Hokke]

9 hours ago, Hector said:

If I do a search and get a big hit of say, 50 pages, as soon as I press 'next page' I get a warning like "Please wait another X seconds before attempting another search".

 

So let me get this straight; each page of one search counts as a separate search?

 

Best,

Hector

If you open an available page in a new tab on your browser, there is no wait time.