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<TITLE>Errors</TITLE>

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Errors in P4Web and Perforce can be caused by a number of reasons:

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<LI><A HREF="auth?help">Password</A> problems.

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<LI>Incorrect <A HREF="settings?help">configuration settings</A>.

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<LI>Using <A HREF="tips?help#bookmarks">browser bookmarks</A> 
    that don't work with P4Web in
    <A HREF="browseonly?help">Viewer mode</A>.

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<LI>Maxresults limits:
    <blockquote>
    In some environments,
    turning on the "Show recent activity" preference in the 
    <a href="pathbrowser?help">Tree view</a> can cause 
    <font color=red>
    "Request too large (over <i>nnnnnn</i>); see 'p4 help maxresults'"
    </font>
    to appear in the <a href="controlpanel?help">control panel</a>.
    You can work around the problem by either:
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    <ul>
    <li>Turning off recent activity display --- click the 
        "Hide recent activity" shortcut button or use the
	<a href="settings?help">Settings</a> page.
    <li>Navigating down the depot path hierarchy until the messages
        disappear.
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    ("Maxresults" can be set by the Perforce administrator to
    prevent the Perforce server from getting swamped by reporting
    commands.
      See the <a href="http://www.perforce.com/perforce/technical.html"><i>
    Perforce System Administrator's Guide</i></a> for more information.)
    </blockquote>
	
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<LI>Maxscanrows limits:
    <blockquote>
    In some environments, setting the <b>Files matching...</b> filter to 
    search for files can cause 
    <font color=red>
    "Too many rows scanned (over <i>nnnnnn</i>); see 'p4 help maxscanrows'"
    </font>
    to appear as an error.
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    You can prevent this error from occurring by entering a more specific query.
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    For instance, rather than entering:
   <p>
   <TABLE BORDER=1 cellpadding=5 width=200>
   <TR>
   <TD><KBD>//...<i>aaa</i>...</KBD></TD>
   </TR>
   </table>
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   Enter a more specific path, like:
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   <TABLE BORDER=1 cellpadding=5 width=200>
   <TR>
   <TD><KBD>//depot/main/...<i>aaa</i>...</KBD></TD>
   </TR>
   </table>
    <p>
    ("Maxscanrows" can be set by the Perforce administrator to
    prevent the Perforce server from getting swamped by reporting
    commands.
    See the <a href="http://www.perforce.com/perforce/technical.html">
    <i>Perforce System Administrator's Guide</i></a> for more information.)
    </blockquote>
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<LI>Having your 
    <a href="defs?help#clientworkspace">client workspace</a>
    and your browser on different machines.
    <blockquote>
    Unless your P4Web is running
    on Unix, you won't be able to 
    <a href="launcheditor?help">launch editors</a>, or
    run the interactive <a href="resolve?help">resolve</a> program
    if your browser and your workspace are on different host machines.
    Also, the <a href="filebrowser?help">File Browser's</a>
    link to local workspace files may not work unless your browser is running on the
    machine where your workspace is.
    </blockquote>

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