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"LeVan,Ralph" wrote: > > > What should the > > > default behaviour for an SRW server should be if it receives > > > a request for more records than allowed? Should the server > > > ignore the supplied maximumRecords value return as many > > > records as allowed or return an error message to the client > > > informing them about the restriction and inviting them to > > > resubmit a request? > > > > The response should include diagnostic 12 (Too many records retrieved) > > including the maximum allow - also we will consider being able to discover > > this maximum via the explain service. > > Why isn't just returning the records sufficient? Why the diagnostic? If > the result set has 5 records and they ask for 10, I'm not going to return a > diagnostic. The parameter that the client submitted is named > maximumRecords, not absoluteNumberOfRecords. It would be wrong to return > more than that number, but returning fewer records does not deserve a > diagnostic. > I agree, and I had the same question today when trying to write this up, but the fact is that my notes clearly indicate someone (and I have "Ralph" annotated) said it's an error. I'm going to go with Ralph's suggestion (today's that is) if nobody objects. --Ray