"The administrative limit for this request was exceeded"

[TG]

I'm using the System.DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher.Findall
method to attempt to retrieve user id's from an Exchange LDAP server.
I get the error message "The administrative limit for this request was
exceeded". Can someone please tell me if you've seen this and what
the cause is?

Thanks

[Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]]

Hello,

"TG" <tg******@ems.jsc.nasa.gov> schrieb:

I'm using the System.DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher.
Findall method to attempt to retrieve user id's from an
Exchange LDAP server. I get the error message "The
administrative limit for this request was exceeded".
Can someone please tell me if you've seen this and what
the cause is?

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[Steven Bras [MS]]

Try setting the SizeLimit property of the DirectorySearcher to something
less than 1000 (or less than the expected number of entries returned) to
try to determine what the limit is. There are limitations imposed by the
Administrator of your AD for things like returning nodes. The default for
this class is 1000, but that set on your domain may be less. If we can
determine the approximate limit, we can possibly tell you what setting to
raise.

Steven Bras, MCSD
Microsoft Developer Support/Data Access Technologies

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