# When adding setSize, no records return

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/when-adding-setsize-no-records-return/67311>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 28, 2016, 8:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/when-adding-setsize-no-records-return/67311 "2016-11-28T08:03:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Cherry\_Zhang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e99b99/32.png) [@Cherry\_Zhang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Cherry_Zhang)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 8:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/when-adding-setsize-no-records-return/67311/1 "2016-11-28T08:03:17Z")

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my code is as below:

```
 sr = client.prepareSearch(lastIndex)
                        .setQuery(boolQueryBuilder)
                        .setRouting(elasticRouting)
                        .addSort("startTime", SortOrder.DESC)
                        .execute().actionGet();

```

the above code will get two hits, but when I add "setSize(1)", as below:

```
  sr = client.prepareSearch(lastIndex)
                        .setQuery(boolQueryBuilder)
                        .setRouting(elasticRouting)
                        .addSort("startTime", SortOrder.DESC)
                        **.setSize(1)**
                        .execute().actionGet();

```

I get no hits. I want to limit return results to 1, am I doing it wrong?

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2016, 8:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/when-adding-setsize-no-records-return/67311/2 "2016-11-28T08:21:52Z")

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Please format your code using `</>` icon. It will make your post more readable.

My guess is that it is related to routing although it should not be an issue here.

Can you reproduce this behavior with a pure full REST script so we can see if it's a bug?

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**Author:** ![Cherry\_Zhang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e99b99/32.png) [@Cherry\_Zhang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Cherry_Zhang)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 2:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/when-adding-setsize-no-records-return/67311/3 "2016-11-29T02:07:08Z")

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The weird thing is when I using restful request, the result is normal, it returns exactly one hit.  
here is my post request:

```
POST /service/_search?routing=id

{
	"query": {
		"bool": {
			"filter": {
				"term": {
					"id": "4785SERTDDSSER322"
				}
			},
			"must": {
				"exists": {
					"field": "startTime"
				}
			},
			"should": [{
				"bool": {
					"must_not": {
						"exists": {
							"field": "status"
						}
					}
				}
			},
			{
				"term": {
					"status": ""
				}
			}]
		}
	},
	"sort": {
		"startTime": {
			"order": "desc"
		}
	}, 
    "size": 1
}
```

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 2:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/when-adding-setsize-no-records-return/67311/4 "2016-11-29T02:37:45Z")

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So can you not call execute().get() but call toString() and paste the result here in both cases?

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**Author:** ![Cherry\_Zhang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e99b99/32.png) [@Cherry\_Zhang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Cherry_Zhang)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 9:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/when-adding-setsize-no-records-return/67311/5 "2016-11-29T09:48:18Z")

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I think I figure out the issue. it is because I just insert the data and get it immediately in my test, the data is not sync yet, but after I make it wait 2 seconds, and then get the result again, the result is fine.

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2016, 10:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/when-adding-setsize-no-records-return/67311/6 "2016-11-29T10:50:13Z")

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Then prefer using refresh feature instead of "waiting" for x seconds.  
But please do that only in tests 🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 10:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/when-adding-setsize-no-records-return/67311/7 "2016-12-27T10:50:39Z")

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