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Asked: 2026-05-15T11:12:06+00:00

I’m using a jQuery plugin called Tablesorter to do client-side sorting of a log

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I’m using a jQuery plugin called Tablesorter
to do client-side sorting of a log table in one of my applications. I am also making use of the tablepager add-in.

I really like the responsiveness that client-side sorting and paging brings to the party. I also like how you don’t have to hit the web server or database repeatedly.

However I can see that, in time, the log I’m displaying could grow quite large. I’m sure there comes a point where client-side paging and sorting is going to be impractical. What point will this technique begin to collapse under it’s own weight? 500 records? 2000 records? 10,000 records?

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In nutshell, what criteria would you use to determine if you are going to use client-side sorting/paging as opposed to server-side paging? Does the size of expected result set factor into your decision? Where is the tipping point?

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  1. Editorial Team

    However I can see that, in time, the
    log I’m displaying could grow quite
    large. I’m sure there comes a point
    where client-side paging and sorting
    is going to be impractical. What point
    will this technique begin to collapse
    under it’s own weight? 500 records?
    2000 records? 10,000 records?

    This really depends on a lot of different things like table size number of columns, and which browser and version the person is using. I routinely can sort up to 1000 records before seeing a real problem. If you start approaching this number, I would definitely start looking at server side sorting. With AJAX, server side sorting can be quite efficient and have a decent user experience.

    The best way is to look at your particular situation is to try it out and see. Browsers although not really designed to handle really large amounts of data like that can still handle it. The user experience will be abysmal, but the number of records it can handle are quite high.

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