Any limit for FT_MAX_SEARCH_RESULT?

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Hi,

I would like to know if there is a limit when setting the INI param FT_MAX_SEARCH_RESULT?

Could someone share with me the impact of setting a high value for this to overwrite the original limit of 5000 documents returned on FT searches for indexed DB? E.g. will it crash the server if I set this to 25,000?

Thanks in advance.

Sincerely,

lyefong

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Subject: limits

From the designer help on FTSearch:“The Notes.ini variable FT_MAX_SEARCH_RESULTS overrides this limit for indexed databases or databases that are not indexed but that are running in an agent on the client. For a database that is not indexed and is running in an agent on the server, you must set the TEMP_INDEX_MAX_DOC Notes.ini variable as well. The absolute maximum is 2,147,483,647.”

Obviously the more allowed returns the more documents any method is going to have to potentially have to deal with.

In an ideal world the number would be greater than any number that a potential search would return, but this isn’t always feasible.