arangosh> db._query(
........&gt; <span class="hljs-string">'FOR i IN 1..100000 SORT i RETURN i'</span>, {}, {
........&gt;   memoryLimit: <span class="hljs-number">100000</span>
........&gt; }).toArray();
[ArangoError <span class="hljs-number">32</span>: AQL: query would use more memory than allowed (<span class="hljs-keyword">while</span> executing)]