Page count bug

[taq8ojh]

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2329920
This thread currently shows as having 3 pages of posts to me (based on # posts per page setting).
When I click on page 3, it opens page 2.
What gives?

 

[ViRGE]

Unfortunately vB isn't very smart. When we delete certain kinds of spam, it gets rid of the posts but keeps the post count. So there is no page 3 at this time, it just looks like there is because it's counting posts that are no longer there.

 

[DrPizza]

Tiny logic error in the software programming. The reason you're seeing a page 3 is because there are more than 200 posts in the thread. BUT, several of the posts are hidden, so it shows up as just slightly less than 200 posts.

So, when you're looking at 100 posts per page, I presume page one is showing you posts 1 through 103, minus the three posts that are hidden. Not sure if there was a better way to program this though, other than the relatively rare instances where this happens.

 

[taq8ojh]

Oh I see. Thanks.