This is drifting rather off-topic for this group.

In short: all applications can go over the 4GB "limit". The problem is that
there are a few functions, such as SetFilePointer, which take an offset and
a "pointer to high" offset, in two different parameters. Since this is a
pain in the neck to handle, at best, most programs assume the file won't hit
the 4GB limit, and set the pointer to NULL, ignore the field in structs,
etc.

IMHO, I think multiple data files are more portable, efficient and flexible.

Marcelo

----- Original Message -----
From: Marvin Varela Rodríguez <marvin@...>
To: <IB-Architect@egroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 1:48 PM
Subject: Re: [IB-Architect] Database files > 2GB.


> certainly, there is a limit, but there are programs that can handle this
> issue. Others can't.
>
> I've seen 6Gb databases working just find under winnt 4.0 and win2k.
>
> But a video file over 2Gb is imposible to read for windows.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Craig Stuntz" <ib-architect@...>
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> Subject: Re: [IB-Architect] Database files > 2GB.
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> >
> > Jason Chapman wrote:
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> > > I thought there was an actual limit in NT to 4GB anyway.
> >
> > No, there is no such limit under NTFS.
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> > -Craig
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