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  9. Date:         Tue, 15 Dec 1992 14:51:42 CTL
  10. Sender:       "Discussion on the use of the dBase language and related
  11.               dialects" <DBASE-L@NMSUVM1.BITNET>
  12. From:         Saad Ahmad <PA4@BART.MIO.UWOSH.EDU>
  13. Subject:      Re: Clipper Maximums
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  15.  
  16. > Can anyone out there in netland tell me:
  17. >
  18. >   What, in Clipper 5.01 are the maximum:
  19. > FIELDS per RECORD
  20. > RECORDS per DATABASE
  21. >
  22. > I have scoured the books with no answer.
  23. >
  24. >                                 Rich Gautier
  25. >
  26. Fields / Record            ==== 1000
  27. Records / Database         ==== 1 billion
  28.  
  29. Open database files        ==== over 200
  30. active indexes / open file ==== 15
  31. character fields           ==== 65,536 characters
  32. numeric fields             ==== 30 digits, upto 16 significant digits
  33. date fields                ==== 01/01/0100-12/31/2999
  34. memo fields                ==== 65,536
  35.  
  36. -- application limits
  37. no. of procedures / application == unlimited
  38. array size                      == 4096 elements / dimention;
  39.                                         unlimited dimentions
  40. minimum RAM                     == free 400K
  41. Expanded Memory use             == 0 to 8Meg
  42.  
  43. Virtual Memory                  == Upto 64 Meg(main memory, expanded
  44. memory, hard disk space), upto 16 meg of object memory(character
  45. strings, arrays); upto 9 meg (main memory, expanded memory) for
  46. database buffering
  47.  
  48. Needs DOS 3.1 or higher, works with all networks compatible with DOS
  49. 3.1 or higher
  50.  
  51.  
  52.     *****************************************************************
  53.     *                             Saad Ahmad                        *
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