seem to be losing session search data between pages in datassist

Hey guys...
I have created a results page with 2 data assist searches and both the searches work fine.
the page has 2 sub-queries in repeat selections nested in repeat regions --- they also work fine

if I change ---- $maxRows_WADA from 20 to 1 to force to paginate things go funny....
the session data is written to session fine on original results, but on going to next page is wiped clean

----> WADbSearch2_sg_recital_comp_perfor_desc_results|s:33:" AND ((perfor_name LIKE '%tap%'))";WADbSearch1_sg_recital_comp_desc_results|s:34:" AND ((recital_name LIKE '%tap%'))"; are writing the data 'tap' fine until next page button is clicked

when I go to use a button to move to next page the session is wiped clean and the next page is blank

I also lose the search results from the second search on the second page

I would think if the page is referring to itself on pagination the session should remain and the following pages use that session data... no??

Please take a look... may be possible I have something out of order

Thanks,
Tony