On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 1:40 PM, MB Software Solutions, LLC <[email protected]> wrote: > How do I determine the # of rows in a fixed-width flat file? I want to > provide a progress update in the loop so I know how much % of the file > has been processed. I'm trying to avoid reading the entire file in with > ALINES. (But I guess maybe I could do that but it seems like too much > overhead.)
You are possibly blowing the wad on the string that you are generating? Loop of reading lines Str = str + "contents of this new line" end Even though it is the same name you are duplicating in memory what you had to make the appended string. I don't know when your pointers get released in VFP strings but as a WAG this is where your memory hole is. Have played with 1.2 and 1.5 gig xml files in ram before with no real problem on workstations that only had 3 gig of ram. Teh process that did monthly reporting I expanded to annual. ;-> made a bit bigger output didn't it. -- Stephen Russell Unified Health Services 60 Germantown Court Suite 220 Cordova, TN 38018 Telephone: 888.510.2667 901.246-0159 cell _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CAJidMYLj2XFu=bVDzF=A=uJM3LPpHNJb-fRAraZyxfbpc4yB=a...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
