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>Someone pointed out that 4 billion records is greater that the 2 gig limit. That's not 2 billion records, but bytes. This DBF size limitation is not likely to change (repeated stated by the Fox team) because it is so deeply entwined inside the C++ code of VFP. It is highly unlikely that you'll have a problem with this.
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Thanks, Craig. VFP has a 1 gig limit on records per table (or so the help says).

As for the file size limtiation, you never know. Lotus had a similar limit in their Notes "database" prior to version 4. They totally redesigned the structure because there was such an overwhelming need/demand. As we get further and further away from supporting old legacy systems, the migration might seem natural.