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For example, when <B CLASS="command" >ResultsLimit</B > is <TT CLASS="literal" >1000</TT >, the user won't be able to navigate farther than page <TT CLASS="literal" >100</TT > assuming the default page size of <TT CLASS="literal" >10</TT >. </P ><P > Use <TT CLASS="literal" >0</TT > if you need <SPAN CLASS="emphasis" ><I CLASS="emphasis" >unlimited</I ></SPAN > number of results. </P ><DIV CLASS="note" ><BLOCKQUOTE CLASS="note" ><P ><B >Note: </B > The <CODE CLASS="varname" >$(total)</CODE > template variable still displays the <SPAN CLASS="emphasis" ><I CLASS="emphasis" >real</I ></SPAN > total number of the documents found. </P ></BLOCKQUOTE ></DIV ><P > This kind of limiting makes sense because a real person usually does not browse through too many pages, only bots and spiders do. <B CLASS="command" >ResultsLimit</B > prevents the search server from being loaded by bots, spiders and attackers. </P ><P > The default value is <TT CLASS="literal" >1000</TT >. </P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="refsect1" ><A NAME="AEN11891" ></A ><H2 >Scope</H2 ><P > <B CLASS="command" >ResultsLimit</B > takes global effect for the entire configuration file and should be used only one time. </P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="refsect1" ><A NAME="AEN11895" ></A ><H2 >Examples</H2 ><DIV CLASS="informalexample" ><P ></P ><A NAME="AEN11897" ></A ><PRE CLASS="programlisting" > ResultsLimit 5000 </PRE ><P ></P ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="refsect1" ><A NAME="AEN11899" ></A ><H2 >See also</H2 ><P > <A HREF="msearch-cmdref-groupbysite.html" >GroupBySite</A >, <A HREF="msearch-doingsearch.html#search-params" >the Section called <I >Search parameters <A NAME="AEN4440" ></A ></I > in Chapter 10</A >. </P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="msearch-cmdref-resultcontenttype.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="msearch-cmdref-reversealias.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >ResultContentType</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="msearch-cmdref.html" ACCESSKEY="U" >Up</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >ReverseAlias</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ><!--#include virtual="body-after.html"--></BODY ></HTML >