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Double data in search results
posted by duckdoom5STAFFMOD on March 20, 2019 at 6:40 PM
Hey guys, I noticed there are some double results in search.
An example:
https://www.themoviedb.org/search/tv?language=en-US&page=4&query=Super
Notice title "Super City" (https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/35023-super-city?language=en-US)
And on the next page it appears again (links to the same title as before):
https://www.themoviedb.org/search/tv?language=en-US&page=5&query=Super
Reply by duckdoom5
on March 20, 2019 at 6:43 PM
After a little bit of an investigation I can't reproduce this constantly.
The most likely scenario is that the order of the results are randomized by a value that is equal, causing inconsistent page data.
Would still like this to be fixed
Reply by Travis Bell
on April 3, 2019 at 5:08 PM
Hey @duckdoom5, ya, I've seen this from time to time as well. I have already implemented multi field sorting to break tie breakers and ensure consistent sorting and yet it persists.
At this point I probably need to upgrade our backend service since the version we're on is ~5 years old. I'm hopeful this will actually happen this year but there's no guarantee I'll find the time.
Thanks for the report.