| Subject | Re: [IBO] info on database design | 
|---|---|
| Author | Tom Deprez | 
| Post date | 2001-11-15T22:55:51Z | 
>Ah, 64 Bits are somewhat a very large number (ExactlyGliph, yes that should be enough :-)
>18.446.744.073.709.551.616). To store a table with only two columns (the PK
>and the Date) you would need (naively calculated) 16 bytes per row and
>therefore 274.877.906.944 GB (millions of Terrabyte!!) onto your harddrive
>would require several hundreds of Terrabytes before you reach the end of the
>generator. Don't you think that this is enough?
Again, thanks all for bringing back my feet on the ground :-)
Tom.
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