Re: [Arsperl-users] Missing parameter in ars_GetListEntry/GetListEntryWithFields

[Misi M. <mi...@rr...>]

Well...

Maybe we don't need the param after all.

We do get an ARWARN 66 telling us that the query matched more than the
allowed number. I guess I can trigger on that instead :-)

        Best Regards - Misi, RRR AB, http://rrr.se

> Hi,
>
> Yes, but my goal here is to utilize this feature to reduce the possibility
> of timeouts.
>
> I might have 10 million records in a table, and want to retrieve them in
> chunks of say 10 000 or 100 000. It is then important to know if I managed
> to retrieve everything, or if a server setting prevented me from getting
> everything, or if it was exactly 100 000 records that matched my search
> criteria.
>
> I still think that we should add the possibility to use this parameter
> that exists in the core API.
>
> The question is how to change the ars_GetListEntry calls input/output
> interface.
>
>         Best Regards - Misi, RRR AB, http://rrr.se
>
>> If you specify 0 and 0, it should return all 333 entries.  At that
>> point,
>> assuming you are using a hash for your return, it would be a simple
>> matter
>> to obtain the number of records using the keys() function in perl.  For
>> instance, if I were wanting to find the number of entries in your call
>> below, I'd set it up this way:
>>
>> %entries = ars_GetListEntry($c, "User", $q, 0, 0);
>> $number_entries = scalar keys %entries;
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 8:08 AM, Misi Mladoniczky <mi...@rr...> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> To know all requests were returned in a result list from
>>> ARGetListEntry/ARGetListEntryWithFields the numMatches variable needs
>>> to
>>> be returned. This is available in the C API but is not implemented in
>>> the
>>> corresponding ARSperl calls.
>>>
>>> They can easily be implemented I guess, but I need advice on how to
>>> best
>>> proceed.
>>>
>>> How should the parameter be specified and returned when calling
>>> ars_GetListEntry or ars_GetListEntryWithFields?
>>>
>>> We would have multiple return values in this case...
>>>
>>> ars_GetListEntry(ctrl, schema, qualifier,
>>> maxRetrieve=0,firstRetrieve=0,...)
>>>
>>> For example if a search results in 333 entries:
>>> %entries = ars_GetListEntry($c, "User", $q, 100, 101);
>>> We would get 100 entries returned, but there is no way to tell that
>>> there
>>> are a total of 333 entries to retrieve.
>>>
>>>         Best Regards - Misi, RRR AB, http://rrr.se
>>>
>>>
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