A JavaScript numeric value is not a 32 bit signed integer, but actually a double-precision floating point number. The 'int' specification in the API is probably just there to indicate the returned value is always a whole number (of bytes), but I believe the range includes up to 2^53 (about 9,000 TB).
On Oct 15, 7:29 am, avel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greetings, > > I have a question regarding the handling by gears of blobs with length > larger than 2GB. > > Currently browsers have limitations in their file upload controls. One > cannot HTTP POST a file with length > 2GB. > > Related pages regarding this > limitation:http://www.motobit.com/help/scptutl/pa98.htm > Mozilla bug:https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=383446 > > I haven't tested it, but the gears blob has a length property of type > 'int', according tohttp://code.google.com/apis/gears/api_blob.html, > so > it would probably have the same limitation. Is this correct? > > If so, are there any plans to allow gears handle such large blobs and > overcome the browser-imposed limit? > > Kind regards, > > -- > Alexandros Vellis > National & Kapodistrian University of Athens > Network Operations Centre
