Subject: No of records
From: "Jagat Nibas Mahapatra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 15:06:33 +0530
What is the maximum number of records I can create in a palm database ?
Palm OS "databases" can have up to 64K "records" and each can be up to 64KB in size.
Having said that, most people try to keep the number of "records" less than 16K, for reasons that having been much discussed in the archives.
Do remember that Palm OS "databases" aren't databases in the normal understanding of that word.
Also you can view the "records" as variable length blocks into which you can stuff your records.
Using blocking techniques, you can achieve very large record counts. For example I have some library customers with over 200,000 records.
So if your application has low to moderate record counts, just treat the "records" as records. But if you have high record counts you'd be strongly advised to implement blocking techniques on those "databases".
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