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[SearchVoat]

I was wrong, this is true for ANY comment search. I am surprised, this is extremely limiting. It also makes the "[total] Found" count at the bottom deceptive to the user.

Actually it's true for all searches.

"Total found" is correct based on the search criteria, but you're limited to viewing just the 1st 10 pages.

If I can't browse a users whole comment history, then is there a way to at least export/download it?

No, you can only download (to csv or json) 240 records at a time - i.e. 10 pages x 24 rows.

The idea behind SV was exactly that - to search for a particular post or comment. It wasn't designed for downloading mass data. If you have the patience, you could always restrict your searches by date and get them a bite at a time.

[SearchVoat]

PS but beware, there are throttle limits you might hit. I forget what they are. This was all done years ago and everyone (including me) is surprised it's still up at all.

[aekotra2]

No, you can only download (to csv or json) 240 records at a time - i.e. 10 pages x 24 rows.

This seems to be the relevant function in SphinxSearch.
https://sphinxsearch.com/wiki/doku.php? ... max_cutoff

Seems like it's currently set to

$cl->SetLimits(0, 25, 250);
$cl->SetLimits(25, 25, 250);
$cl->SetLimits(50, 25, 250);

etc.

Why not just drop the 3rd parameter int max altogether?

$cl->SetLimits(0, 25);
$cl->SetLimits(25, 25);
$cl->SetLimits(50, 25);

etc.

Seems like an easy fix. At least then the user has access to all the pages.

[SearchVoat]

Seems like an easy fix.

If it ain't broke don't fix it.

[aekotra2]

Seems like an easy fix.

If it ain't broke don't fix it.

Wait, who set this up? Obviously not you.

[aekotra2]

I am searching for comments for a particular anon user on v/QRV. He tends to consistantly use unique characters strings in his comments like ~ and .... and /// which make him easily identifiable.
However, the search function just appears to interpret these as an empty string. Could there be a feature to search comments for string literals? Eg. "~" and "...." ?

Sadly no. The search is powered by Sphinx https://sphinxsearch.com/ and it can only index alphanumeric characters.

FYI, all that's required here is a change to the indexing charset_table to include punctuation.

http://www.sphinxsearch.com/docs/curren ... rset-table