You shouldn't have any problem with TMP files exceeding 2gb with BUILD.INDEX at 
UniData 7.2 - assuming your TMP filesystem supports large files. I presume this 
was the problem Brad encountered.

Prior to 7.2, you may have an issue if you PHANTOM the BUILD.INDEX command, or 
if you start a udt session, shell out of it (!sh), cd to another directory, 
start a new udt session and BUILD.INDEX there.

Regards

Ps - posted from Liverpool!


Wally Terhune
U2 Support Architect
Rocket Software
4700 S. Syracuse Street, Suite 400 **Denver, CO 80237 **USA
Tel: +1.720.475.8055
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.rocketsoftware.com/u2

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] 
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of BraDav
Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2009 10:27 AM
To: U2 Users List
Subject: Re: [U2] U2 is now Rocket U2

Charlie,

I agree with you overall that U2 (Unidata and Universe) is the best there is 
for development and maintaining applications.  The data model stands head 
and shoulders above the rest, when it comes to RAD.  However, there could be 
many improvements to the dbs, above and "below the hood" so to speak.  That 
being said, one of the benefits of the U2 architecture is that it "can" be 
improved.  For example, I maintained a file with 80 million records, at one 
site. It has virtually no overflow and the record distribution was nearly 
perfect.  Access to the file was very fast, but we couldn't create indexes 
on it, because the indexes ran out of space.  That's just one example, but 
the list is long.  However, that's a positive.  With the right amount of 
R&D, U2 is positioned for another 20 year run.

thanks,

Brad


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