Mark Rotteveel wrote: > On 10-8-2012 18:20, Ann Harrison wrote: > > Values for generators are stored densely on a page - depending on the page > > size, somewhere between a lot and a whole lot fit on a page (4 bytes per > > generator, 4-16K bytes per page, less page overhead). > > Wouldn't that be 8 bytes per generator these days?
Not just "these days", but in all versions of Firebird. The step from 32-bits to 64-bits values was taken in InterBase 6. Even in Dialect 1, generator values are 64 bits wide. http://www.firebirdsql.org/file/documentation/reference_manuals/user_manuals/html/generatorguide-basics.html#generatorguide-basics-maxval http://www.firebirdsql.org/file/documentation/reference_manuals/user_manuals/html/generatorguide-basics.html#generatorguide-basics-howmany Cheers, Paul Vinkenoog
