577780 - FULLTEXT_BUGLIST_LIMIT should configurable

Status: NEW

(Bugzilla :: Database, defect)

Description

[Michael Thomas (Mockodin)]

FULLTEXT_BUGLIST_LIMIT currently limits full text searches to 200 rows

This should be configurable either as a parameter or with an override in db modules. If there is concern about crushing a server then a note might be included next to the parameter indicating that changing the parameter could have adverse effects in environment with limited hardware.

Comment 1

[Max Kanat-Alexander]

  Oh, it's not really a concern about DB hardware, as much as I think it was a desire to limit the number of rows returned by simple search. It may have been partly related to improving return speed of searches, though.

Comment 2

[Michael Thomas (Mockodin)]

For simple search in actually made sense, just return the first x to give the user possibles. For a normal search however, I at least, want all possible returns, at least the option of anyhow. Buglist.cgi is hardcoded to limit based on the constants if the query is detected as a fulltext search.