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[Post New]20/09/2012 06:29:14
    Subject: Problem using startRow parameter in webservice requests
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watbywbarif



Joined: 18/09/2012 14:37:44
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Execute query:
Code:
http://api.geonames.org/search?username=demo&style=FULL&maxRows=100&featureCode=BAY

totalResultsCount = 47516

add &startRow=5000 OK
add &startRow=6000 you get:Code:
<geonames>
 <status message="requested startRow too big" value="12"/>
 </geonames>


Wtf?
[Post New]20/09/2012 06:35:33
    Subject: Re:Problem using startRow parameter in webservice requests
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marc



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the search service is not meant to download the entire database. there are data extracts for this purpose.

Marc
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[Post New]21/09/2012 06:57:06
    Subject: Re:Problem using startRow parameter in webservice requests
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watbywbarif



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Thx Marc!

I only wanted to download some water features, not entire database

So, web services are out, no api for raw text data, I guess SQL database is my best friend.
 
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