Re: 2 gb file limit

Posted in 1998

Joshua R. Poulson — 15 Oct 1998 16:48:30 -0700 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

paulw@wfsoftware.co.uk (WF Software) writes: > No technically its a C limit Technically, it's a limitation of using a 32-bit signed integer to store the value of the size of a chunk. As mentioned by others, not all releases have this limitation and it's best to check the machine notes for your release to determine the appropriate limits on the sizes of any extent of disk or memory. I do not have a comprehensive list of what releases support >2GB chunks (or buffers).