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Default 'limit' field value for querying indexes appears to be inaccurate  #47

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https://docs.cloudant.com/cloudant_query.html#finding-documents-using-an-index

  • limit (optional, default: 25): Maximum number of results returned.

I made a query against one of my databases that looks liked this:

{
  "selector": {
    "group_id": {
      "$eq": "<removed>"
    }
  },
  "fields": ["_id"]
}

According to the doc excerpt I pasted above, I should only be getting back 25 documents since I didn't pass in a value for limit. The docs led me to believe I should get 25 results, but I received all 45 that matched my query:

{"docs":[
{"_id":"17f85474cc7a2ddcf3f5b2d358884997"},
{"_id":"2164ef84a9ac56850615ee60e60b0758"},
{"_id":"2164ef84a9ac56850615ee60e6649bf2"},
{"_id":"22a4e73452505d235072e1fd5be6ef47"},
{"_id":"5365e16e670bb8edc616a0a961924833"},
{"_id":"5365e16e670bb8edc616a0a961ac335a"},
{"_id":"5365e16e670bb8edc616a0a961ac45d1"},
{"_id":"6bf13c96464b5b2682021a839160757a"},
{"_id":"6bf13c96464b5b2682021a83916a6ea1"},
{"_id":"6bf13c96464b5b2682021a83916b2873"},
{"_id":"6bf13c96464b5b2682021a83916c4e31"},
{"_id":"6bf13c96464b5b2682021a8391e9ba16"},
{"_id":"6bf13c96464b5b2682021a8391eb5c48"},
{"_id":"6bf13c96464b5b2682021a8391ec9db5"},
{"_id":"6bf13c96464b5b2682021a8391ecf7aa"},
{"_id":"6bf13c96464b5b2682021a8391edae7d"},
{"_id":"6bf13c96464b5b2682021a8391ee3ace"},
{"_id":"6bf13c96464b5b2682021a8391eeac07"},
{"_id":"6ffe9edee686b92c53f1a866d6e8b354"},
{"_id":"7ce20ca43361425823c0e8d56a230fc0"},
{"_id":"8af60062dd1fa08e586527a63e0a1c7b"},
{"_id":"8af60062dd1fa08e586527a63e17150f"},
{"_id":"8af60062dd1fa08e586527a63e172a30"},
{"_id":"8af60062dd1fa08e586527a63e34437d"},
{"_id":"8af60062dd1fa08e586527a63ea2da29"},
{"_id":"8af60062dd1fa08e586527a63ea2dc30"},
{"_id":"946632ca6365094371f2e90abb11b770"},
{"_id":"946632ca6365094371f2e90abb459618"},
{"_id":"946632ca6365094371f2e90abb45aa66"},
{"_id":"946632ca6365094371f2e90abb712a64"},
{"_id":"946632ca6365094371f2e90abb74e267"},
{"_id":"946632ca6365094371f2e90abb9be407"},
{"_id":"946632ca6365094371f2e90abba7d29e"},
{"_id":"9afb7090b2b47e7c1f2f346b5b230e6d"},
{"_id":"9afb7090b2b47e7c1f2f346b5b409bae"},
{"_id":"9afb7090b2b47e7c1f2f346b5b4b9df4"},
{"_id":"9afb7090b2b47e7c1f2f346b5b4bab32"},
{"_id":"ae89bfdfbd7c289b2bb4fb191f0ec103"},
{"_id":"ae89bfdfbd7c289b2bb4fb191f0ed08f"},
{"_id":"ae89bfdfbd7c289b2bb4fb191ff58937"},
{"_id":"ae89bfdfbd7c289b2bb4fb191ffcb495"},
{"_id":"ae89bfdfbd7c289b2bb4fb191ffefc59"},
{"_id":"ae89bfdfbd7c289b2bb4fb191fff93d0"},
{"_id":"aeff4f8e7353993e52fb168396be88df"},
{"_id":"c6e5199958edcf131dc1590c9d701af9"}
]}

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