--- search.module.orig	2005-12-16 05:23:27.000000000 -0800
+++ search.module	2005-12-20 16:24:12.000000000 -0800
@@ -136,12 +136,23 @@
   global $user;
   if ($op == 'list') {
     $blocks[0]['info'] = t('Search form');
+    $blocks[1]['info'] = t('Recent searches');
     return $blocks;
   }
-  else if ($op == 'view' && user_access('search content') && arg(0) != 'search') {
-    $block['content'] = search_form('', '', null, '');
-    $block['subject'] = t('Search');
-    return $block;
+  else if ($op == 'view') {
+    switch ($delta) {
+      case 0: 
+        if (user_access('search content') && (arg(0) != 'search')) {
+          $block['content'] = search_form('', '', null, '');
+          $block['subject'] = t('Search');
+          return $block;
+        }
+        else return NULL;
+      case 1:
+        $block['content'] = _search_recent();
+        $block['subject'] = t('Recent searches');
+        return $block;
+    }
   }
 }
 
@@ -180,6 +191,23 @@
 }
 
 /**
+* Ancillary function for search_block: builds a block of recent search terms
+* @return string themed block
+*
+*/
+function _search_recent() {
+  $sql = "SELECT DISTINCT message query FROM {watchdog}  WHERE (type = 'search') AND (message like '%(content).') ORDER BY timestamp DESC";
+  $result = db_query_range($sql, 0, 5);
+  $items = array();
+  while ($recent = db_fetch_object($result)) {  
+    $term = substr(substr($recent->query, 12),0,-16);
+    $items[] = l($term, 'search/node/' . $term, array("rel" => "nofollow"));
+  }
+  $output = theme_item_list($items, NULL);
+  return $output;
+}
+
+/**
  * Implementation of hook_validate().
  */
 function search_settings_form_validate($form_id, &$form) {