Hardy Sherwood wrote:

> I understand that there is a 2GB limit on Firebird database.
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> I'd appreciate if you let me know whether this is correct?
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> I'm running Firebird under windows. Does this limit apply to all file
> formats, that is FAT16, FAT32, NTFS?
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> Hardy Sherwood
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> 801 429-2153
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Firebird uses 64bit i/o, so the max allowed file is much bigger than 2GB.

The limit is imposed by your file system max size allowed.

Even if you use FAT16, you could have a database of several GB splited
in multiple 2GB files, Firebird supports multi-files databases.

see you !

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Alexandre Benson Smith
Development
THOR Software e Comercial Ltda
Santo Andre - Sao Paulo - Brazil
www.thorsoftware.com.br