Re: Informix Offset Interpretation

---- you wrote: > > Jim, > > I too am a beginner so I may be wrong but it is my > understanding is that all offsets are 'measured' from > 0 (zero) so it would be very bad if chunk 19 began at 128000 > because 128000 is part of chunk 4. The lowset number at which > chunk 19 could begin is 128000 + 1 i.e. 128001. > > That's my 2 cents but I could be wrong. You are wrong Dude. The term offset means the amount you want to 'skip' over. So your offset for chunk 19 would be the amount of disk already used, i.e. 128000. An offset of 0 means don't skip anything. You are wasting a page of storage with your +1. The term 'offset' does not mean 'starting position'. But don't feel bad Dude, lots of people get it wrong. AB ---------------------------------------------------------------- Get your free email from AltaVista at http://altavista.iname.com