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Why a 2GB limit on tables?
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28/06/2002 11:01:02
 
 
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28/06/2002 10:08:20
Hilmar Zonneveld
Independent Consultant
Cochabamba, Bolivia
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Databases,Tables, Views, Indexing and SQL syntax
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00673189
Message ID:
00673299
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11
Hi Hilmar,

Sure, but what my buddy did was integrate it into his existing VFP app where he automatically switches between native VFP and the Codebase code.

IOW, he was able to keep his interface.

>Looks like Client/Server to me. In general, C/S need not have the 2 GB limitation. You could do the same with Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, etc.
>
>Hilmar.
>
>>Michael,
>>
>>The others are correct with respect to the O/S (2^31) limitations.
>>
>>Interestingly enough, I have a friend who has used the Sequiter libraries to exceed the 2GB limitations. Here's a piece of the information on their site (www.sequiter.com) regarding file sizes:
>>
>>"Large Files
>>
>>Create extremely large databases—up to millions of terabytes in size. Using our special large file support option, individual tables have a maximum size of 4.2 million terabytes (4,611,686,018,427,387,904 bytes). With unlimited tables per database, your applications can handle data large enough for virtually any application today or in the foreseeable future! And because CodeBase stores tables in individual files, you can create databases that span multiple disk drives and computers."
>>
>>So, apparently it is possible to exceed the 2GB limitations but you're going to have to be careful if you do this if you wish to keep using VFP.
>>
>>Perhaps at some point the VFP developers will take the plunge on this issue but they'd have to totally rewrite the product and there would need to be the $$ justification to do this.
Best,


DD

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