Re: max file size of database

From: Nuno Souto <nsouto_at_optushome.com.au.nospam>
Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 22:43:01 +1000
Message-ID: <3cbd6eb5$0$15474$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>

In article <7jmqbucthba0rhhf9lvlbasauvr98ki9po_at_4ax.com>, you said (and I quote):
> Regardless of the maximum file size on NTFS file systems if a database hits
> exactly 4GB or multiple thereof there is a high probability it will be
> corrupted. If it is a byte either side of the 4 GB limit it will be fine but not
> the exact value. This is due to another wonderful Microsoftism. Thanks Bill

Bugger! That one still there, eh? It's not only Billy's ode, there used to be a similar one in 'nix... One of the oldest programming errors: the boundary problem.

John Bentley warned against it 30 years ago in his programming books, and people still whack it into their code! Amazing.

> Slainthe,

Slainthe eh – Uit doch slainthe eh laut
;)

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Cheers
Nuno Souto
nsouto_at_optushome.com.au.nospam

Received on Wed Apr 17 2002 - 07:43:01 CDT