That's pretty interesting Monte...
> From: "Monte Goulding" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2001 15:13:35 +1030
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Custom Property Storage
>
> Hi All
>
> I posted a question to this list asking about storage capacity of custom
> properties. Still interested by the way. I just have tested for double the
> capacity that I need and the property held 80,000 characters whithout even a
> whince. I have tested fields to 4,000,000,000 characters before which worked
> whilst bloating the file. unless someone tells me otherwise then I'll assume
> that CP's have the same bottomless nature.
>
> I just thought i'd let anyone know that hasn't tested this before that for
> some reason the way the data is stored in a CP is cheaper in terms of disk
> space than in a field. Here are the stats:
>
> Base file: 35 KB
> 80,000 chars in a test field: over 250 KB
> the same 80,000 chars in a CP: 108 KB
>
> Bargain ;-)
>
>
I believe it is a *lot* faster to access custom properties as well.
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