I figured that out as well. They also give an 'about' record count, not
an exact one.
But still, their result sets out of zillions of records come amazingly
fast, so they must be doing something very special. Splitting up tasks
among thousands of pc's to name something.
Oh well, if I knew what they do I'd have a villa in the Bahamas, a yacht
in St Tropez and wouldn't bore you with my questions :-)

Dennis.

Nigel Weeks wrote:

> Have you noticed that google's pages bar often just shows 10 pages?
> And how, if you start going through them, they either expand out to more
> pages, or stop at 5 with a "If you want to see results similar to those
> already displayed, click here" message.
>
> Could you simply show 5 pages at the start?
> If you go past the 5th page, and the record fetch returned more rows,
> display links for 6-10 pages.
> If you get to the 3rd page, and run short of records, don't display the
> links for the next few...
>
> Just an idea. It might not suit your requirements, but it might be close.
> :-)
>
> N
>