I have an application that has outgrown the NOTE fields it is currently using to store TEXT. I am contemplating using a VARCHAR to store the text, but I am relunctant to do the conversion without some indication from this list as to the robustness(sic) of R:BASE's file 4 structure. I am very comfortable with the double link list structure of R:BASE's file 2 and would like to have the same comfort level with file 4. However, I have not seen a good explanation of file 4's structure.
I would appreciate any comments and especially comments relating to the following: 1. Experience of corruption and ability to recover from corruption. 2. Experience of heavy use. ie Many updates to existing records and corresponding changes in record lengths. 3. Growth of the physical size of file 4 resulting from heavy activity. TIA Bill Perry - St. Louis ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l ================================================ TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/
