too many hits?
- Date: Mon, 06 Nov 1995 12:03:53 +0100
The problem really is that Stefan is a frequently used first name
and Anders is too, maybe not in Germany but elsewhere (up north). :-)
Of course the real problem (as opposed to "the problem really") is the
indexing algorithm which uses the DBM library for speed. In the current
DBM implementation there is a maximum data size which limits the number
of objects a key can reference. This does not pose a problem normally as
there are only a small number of people with both first and surnames which
are frequently found. There are exceptions, especially where first names
are used as surnames. Please use handles.
We plan to use a different DBM implementation without this limit as soon
as possible and after thorough compatibility testing.
Daniel
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