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VFP Table Limits
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29/03/1999 16:51:24
 
 
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29/03/1999 15:27:36
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Visual FoxPro
Category:
Databases,Tables, Views, Indexing and SQL syntax
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00202844
Message ID:
00203197
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>Hi Craig ----
>
>64-bit VFP? Think we'll ever see the day?
>
>To the 2-gig issue, IMHO it's moot. When data starts getting that large, you want the security of a server database anyway. To extend the DBF structure to more than 2GB is like making Baby Huey out of a duck :-)
>
>>I don't know where you are getting your information, but it is not correct. The 2 Gig file limitation would require major rewriting by the VFP team, who has said several times that the 2 Gig file limit will not be changed.

That's the same conclusion management came to. After I spent the last year suggesting it. We are currently designing the largest table to reside on SQL server. Also, SQL manages the space much better, so the table will fall in size even with the same number of rows.
Brad
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