DB API

[Dave Peticolas]

Derek Atkins writes:
> 
> An alternative approach: add to the Query object a "max return" value,
> so that a client can set the 'max number of Splits to return'.  Then
> we don't necessarily need two RPCs; perhaps the Query RPC can return
> the actual number of matching splits, even though it only returns the
> max number.  The only question would be _which_ "max results" should
> get returned? ;)

In fact, such a value already exists:

xaccQuerySetMaxSplits(Query * q, int n)

sets the maximum number of splits to return. Currently, if the total
number that would be returned exceeds n, then the 'last' n are returned,
where 'last' is defined by the sorting method used for that Query.

dave