Thanks, the previous IB5.6 workaround (multiple temp directories with size
limits) was a bit of a hassle ;-)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leyne, Sean [mailto:sleyne@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 10:19 AM
> To: ib-support@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [ib-support] External file size limit
>
>
> Brendan,
>
> > So, you are saying that FB 1.5 still uses 32bit addressing
> > for external tables and temporary files?
>
> For external tables, yes.
>
> For temporary file, however, a workaround has been created to
> use the existing ability of the engine to work with multiple
> temp/sort files. Such that the engine simply creates multiple
> 2GB files, which is a safe file size for all file system.
>
>
> Sean
>
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