Low Level Record Length Question ...

[Ben Duncan]

Record sizes ranges, I've seen some in the same file that have about 128 bytes,
then some that top out at 1MB+ !!!

Keep in mind, this is going to be a "ASCII/TEXT" based variable field,
variable length record type system. So there is no "real" definitions
of a "default" record size. Hence, the reasoning on using a "BLOCK"
method for accessing the file.


Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
> I would stick to a fixed size. Makes recovery much easier. Disk space is
> cheap. If you mmap the file, then just keep in mind process memory
> limits. Not that that is only a fixed record size issue.
> 
> What is the typical record size? 
> 

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