FoxPro limits (Views: 707)
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Problem/Question/Abstract: FoxPro limits Answer: Table and Index Files Max. # of records per table 1 billion* Max. # of chars per record 65,000 Max. # of fields per record 255 Max. # of open DBFs 225 Max. # of chars per field 254 Max. # of chars per index key (IDX) 100 Max. # of chars per index key (CDX) 240 Max. # of open index files per table unlimited** Max. # of open index files in all work areas unlimited** * The actual file size (in bytes) cannot exceed 2 gigabytes for single-user or exclusively opened multi-user tables. Shared tables with no indexes or .IDX indexes cannot exceed 1 gigabyte. Shared tables with structural .CDX indexes cannot exceed 2 gigabytes. ** Limited by memory. In FoxPro for MS-DOS and FoxPro for Windows, also limited by available MS-DOS file handles. Each .CDX file uses only 1 file handle. The number of MS-DOS file handles is determined by the CONFIG.SYS FILES parameter. Field Characteristics Max. size of character fields 254 Max. size of numeric fields 20 Max. # of chars in field names 10 Digits of precision in numeric computations 16 |