--- a/quotedb.tcl	Tue Sep 05 00:06:17 2023 +0300
+++ b/quotedb.tcl	Mon Sep 18 11:20:46 2023 +0300
@@ -440,13 +440,17 @@
 
   ### Query the database and output results
   set uresults 0
+  set usql "SELECT count(*) AS uresults FROM $utable $fquery"
+  qdb_handle eval $usql {}
+
   set usql "SELECT id AS quoteID, utime AS utime, utext AS utext, user AS uuser FROM $utable $fquery ORDER BY utime DESC LIMIT $ulimit"
   qdb_handle eval $usql {
-    incr uresults
     qdb_msg $ucmd $utable $upublic $unick $uchan "fmt_search" [list $quoteID $utext $uuser [qdb_ctime $utime]]
   }
 
-  if {$uresults == 0} {
+  if {$uresults > $ulimit} {
+    qdb_msg $ucmd $utable $upublic $unick $uchan "num_matches" [list $uresults $ulimit]
+  } elseif {$uresults == 0} {
     qdb_msg $ucmd $utable $upublic $unick $uchan "no_matches"
     return 0
   }