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From: karl@ddsw1.UUCP (Karl Denninger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: dBase III+ (was dBSAE Fat Kil (was Re: corrupt FATs?))
Summary: Which version of clipper?
Message-ID: <904@ddsw1.UUCP>
Date: 26 Mar 88 20:48:28 GMT
References: <2731@crash.cts.com>
Reply-To: karl@ddsw1.UUCP (Karl Denninger)
Organization: Macro Computer Solutions, Inc., Mundelein, IL
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In article <2731@crash.cts.com> cline@pnet01.cts.com (Ben Humphreys) writes:
>dBASE supports 1 billion records.  To my knowledge dBASE does not get 'flaky'
>around 2500 records.  Clipper on the other hand has problems around 64k limits
>when indexes are open in rare instances.  

We use the Autumn '86 version of the Clipper and have seen no problems of
this kind; we have some 700K+ .DBF and .NTX files around...

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