Assuming that you have the space available, you can have larger records than
64k, but you have to split them up & chunk them out to separate databases.
There is sample code & discussion in the os companion book (by Neal Rhodes)
that covers this approach.
on 8/30/01 5:29, Stringer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Subject: Re: Maximum size of a database record.
>> From: Leonardo Gomes Holanda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 13:04:11 -0300
>>
>> Is there any document tha shows that limit?
>> Is this size limited by a the maximum size of a record or by the
>> maximum size of a database?
>> A filestream is stored as a single record pdb and, according to the
>> API documentation is not subject to the 64 KB maximum size
>> limit imposed by the memory manager on allocated objects.
>
> 1) Yes, the archive of this list, amongst many others.
> 2) The limit is a little less than 64KB, I'd recommend using no
> more than 65,000, and unless you have good reason to
> go that high, you might want to keep under 32KB
> 3) The streaming file manager, I believe, uses 4KB PDB blocks,
> but hides that from you
>
> Roger Stringer
> Marietta Systems, Inc.
>
-Tom Hoelscher
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