RE: CAP Example READ-1

["Tony Small (Exchange)" <tonysm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Frank Dawson writes:

>> This (MAXSIZE) should be the maximum size of any single set of
>> search results returned. This was suggested in discussion to address the
>> needs of a small footprint CUA.

Would having MAXSIZE refer to the size of a single item (as opposed to a set
of items) be more useful and also address the needs of small footprint CUAs?


I think of a scenario where I ask for the first twenty items and the first
19 are 1k each and the twentieth is 1 megabyte.  Should the whole thing be
rejected?  (And the other definition of MAXSIZE could be acheived by
multiplying this definition of MAXSIZE by the number of items requested - if
that number is known.)

Or do you imply MAXSIZE to mean something like, "give me all the items that
meet this criteria until the total reaches MAXSIZE."

Or could we acheive the functionality I'm looking for in the sql syntax?
For instance, find only items whose size are below a certain number?

Tony