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Sphinx search max_matches error

I want to customize sphinx search in such a way that I could keep as many records as I want in memory.

I am getting the follwing error:

searchd error (status: 1): per-query max_matches=25000 out of bounds (per-server max_matches=1000)

Solution

  • In your case I suggest to set max_matches to 100000 on the server side.

    Even if you need more you can always use limit N,M to fetch slice of result set without going out of bounds.

    In my experience humans don't go over 10-20 pages in search results, so 100K should be more than enough.