Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Deployment:
Startup Command and Parameter Reference

> ## Cursor Size (-cs)

> Use Cursor Size (`-cs`) to change the maximum number of index levels. You seldom need to use this parameter.

> Operating system and syntax | UNIX Windows | `-cs` `n`
> Use with | Maximum value | Minimum value | Single-user default | Multi-user default
> Client Connection | 256 | 1 | 6 | 6

> ``n``

> The cursor size, which is the number of index levels.

> Progress indexes have a tree structure. Even large indexes typically are no deeper than three or four levels. Index cursors, which act as place holders during file access, have size 6 by default; that is, they support up to five levels of indirect access. Therefore, few users ever require the cursor size (`-cs`) parameter. However, in rare cases involving large index keys, increase `-cs` in response to the following error message:

>     Index index-number has at least n levels. Increase -cs parameter.

> Increasing `-cs` by 2 should be sufficient.

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