[Peter85]

Originally Posted by azn_romeo_4u

bump...also my users are reporting that, when they go the last page of these threads...for example page 2200, the pagination states that there are more pages. Why is that? When go to those "phantom" pages, it just redirects them to the page they are on.

I'm using the lastest version of vb btw.

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bump no one eh?

Im having that issue as well on my board. For me its because ive put some users on the global ignore list. (Meaning that their posts doesnt show up). However, vB doesnt (yet? ) take the hidden posts into account when calculating the pagination.
The fix for me was quite easy: Delete all posts from users on global ignore. As the posts doesnt show up anyway no one will miss them.

Edit: And a guess on your initial question: Yes, I THINK Mysql has to search through all posts up to the current ones to be able to display them.
I try to lock threads before they grow to that size and then create a new thread called "part 2" where the discussion can continue..