# About setsize Java API **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [August 1, 2011, 8:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-setsize-java-api/5022 "2011-08-01T20:38:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kun\_Niu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@Kun\_Niu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kun_Niu)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 8:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-setsize-java-api/5022/1 "2011-08-01T20:38:21Z")
Hi all, I don't know if anyone has the same problem or the API is deliberately designed like this. I have 5 shards and each time I call setSize to get a certain number of results, I got 5 times size records back. I wonder if there's any way to specify only the number in the setSize API as the number of results. Thanks and best regards, Kun ---
**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 8:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-setsize-java-api/5022/2 "2011-08-01T20:52:17Z")
If you are using query\_and\_fetch, thats how it works. You should, 99% of the time, use query\_then\_fetch. On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 11:38 PM, Rent a room [haoniukun@gmail.com](mailto:haoniukun@gmail.com) wrote: > Hi all, > I don't know if anyone has the same problem or the API is deliberately > designed like this. > I have 5 shards and each time I call setSize to get a certain number > of results, I got 5 times size records back. > I wonder if there's any way to specify only the number in the setSize > API as the number of results. > > Thanks and best regards, > Kun ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 3:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-setsize-java-api/5022/3 "2017-07-06T03:58:37Z")