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Re: No of Items in a TurboIMAGE/XL dataset
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Vikram Kumar <[log in to unmask]>
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Vikram Kumar <[log in to unmask]>
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Wed, 1 Oct 1997 10:43:29 +0530
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Jerry Fochtman wrote:
>
> At 05:28 PM 9/18/97 +-300, Costas Anastassiades wrote:
> >Q: What is the maximum number of items allowed in a Detail dataset ?
>
> TurboIMAGE raised this limit to 255 'fields' per dataset. However, this
> is further constrained by TurboIMAGE's 'block size' limit of 2560
> half-words, which is the maximum size an IMAGE block can be and
> contain all the pointers for the entry(ies) along with the block's
> entry bit map.  Depending upon the size of the field items, one can
> define < 255 fields in a set yet not be able to build the set due to
> the maximum IMAGE block limit....
>


 And also limited by the total number of 1023 fields in the entire
database.

Vikram Kumar
CSY DBTeam, Bangalore

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