Hi
I read so much about packing a structure that has more than one
textfield before saving it in a database.
Can anybody try to explain me how much memory this saves?
If I had a structure
struct{
UInt16 id
char * field1
char* field2
}test
and the text strings in field 1 and two don't have the same length (for each
record)
isn't one database record saved like
Address x: id
Address y: field1
Address z: field2
whereas z = y + strLen(field1) ?
So, where is the big advantage to pack everything to
a new structure
struct{
UInt16 id
char fields[1]
}packedtest
Sorry that I haven't get it yet... can anyone help?
many thanks,
Dyk
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