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.