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LargeFileSupport |
Fri, Nov 3 2006 10:17 AM | Permanent Link |
Is LargeFileSupport a separate option in ElevateDB, or is it standard?
Just curious. /Matthew Jones/ | |
Fri, Nov 3 2006 6:55 PM | Permanent Link |
Tim Young [Elevate Software] Elevate Software, Inc. timyoung@elevatesoft.com | Matt,
<< Is LargeFileSupport a separate option in ElevateDB, or is it standard? >> It's a TEDBEngine option just like with DBISAM. -- Tim Young Elevate Software www.elevatesoft.com |
Sat, Nov 4 2006 12:46 PM | Permanent Link |
Is there any reason for it not to be enabled by default? Presumably is
primarily for Win98 FAT use? Why would it not be enabled by default on a new database system? /Matthew Jones/ | |
Mon, Nov 6 2006 12:24 AM | Permanent Link |
Jason Lee | It is the safest of both setting scenarios. If it is enabled by default
and you need to work with a FAT system, then it won't work; however, if it is disabled by default then DBISAM will work on both types of systems (those that can handle >4GB files vs those that cannot). Admittedly, the current default is getting a little "long in the tooth", but you'd be surprised at how many Win98 boxes are still out there. ~Jason Lee mattjones@cix.co.uk (Matthew Jones) wrote: > Is there any reason for it not to be enabled by default? Presumably is > primarily for Win98 FAT use? Why would it not be enabled by default on a > new database system? |
Mon, Nov 6 2006 4:14 AM | Permanent Link |
> Admittedly, the current default is getting a little "long in the
> tooth", but you'd be surprised at how many Win98 boxes are still out > there. Indeed, but ElevateDB is a new product designed to be a whole lot better (I presume), and defaulting to large databases would stop people like me being surprised by the amount of data to store and then having to code around it all to upgrade to the large file version. In my case, my code will be "oh dear it is all horribly incompatible, delete it all and start again" but I doubt many have that privilege. For those that must have Win98 support, they can flip the switch. But Win2000 went out of official support didn't it, and it is the minimum that we now support. IIRC Delphi 7 doesn't officially support Win98, and certainly the latest Delphi's don't. I'm not saying it shouldn't be there, I just think that the default should be enabled in ElevateDB. Better for all. /Matthew Jones/ | |
Mon, Nov 6 2006 11:50 PM | Permanent Link |
Tim Young [Elevate Software] Elevate Software, Inc. timyoung@elevatesoft.com | Matthew,
<< Indeed, but ElevateDB is a new product designed to be a whole lot better (I presume), >> That's the general idea. << For those that must have Win98 support, they can flip the switch. But Win2000 went out of official support didn't it, and it is the minimum that we now support. IIRC Delphi 7 doesn't officially support Win98, and certainly the latest Delphi's don't. I'm not saying it shouldn't be there, I just think that the default should be enabled in ElevateDB. Better for all. >> All I can say is that we're wrestling with a lot of these issues right now in various areas of EDB. There are limits to what can be done with the older versions of Windows and older versions of Delphi, especially with things like Unicode support. -- Tim Young Elevate Software www.elevatesoft.com |
Tue, Nov 7 2006 4:25 AM | Permanent Link |
I'm sure you'll make a sensible decision on it. But as said elsewhere,
please ensure the technical details are documented too, since they may have an impact on how people use it. Defaulting to the large file method would be fine if people know that the actual impact of any change is not file format or anything, but the access methods. Thus they don't have to worry about adding a "Win98 compatible" flag to their apps for those who want backward compatibility. /Matthew Jones/ |
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