RE: Database field limit?

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1998


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 16871
interpreted = N
texte = In Typhoon, for example, I have pasted in a ton of text (how much I don't know) and the server just went bananas. Dr. Watson kept coming up. I had to stop the service, uninstall, and then reinstall to get my server back up. I tried everything in the meanwhile including deleted the database while the service was stopped. Haven't tested webcat like this before but I assume that both share the same code base.Aloha, Olin> -----Original Message----- > From: PCS Technical Support [mailto:support2@smithmicro.com] > Sent: Saturday, April 04, 1998 2:24 AM > To: WebDNA-Talk@smithmicro.com > Subject: Re: Database field limit? > > > >Is there a limit (in either character count or memory used) to the amount > >of information which can be used in a single database field? I have a > >case where a lookup returns a sometimes sizable chunk of HTML from a > >database and there's been problems with the webserver crashing > >immediately after (I'm using the plug-in, more than enough memory > >assigned for the database in question). > > How sizeable are we talking here? I've seen 300K go out from > WebCatalog on > a single HTML page before. There are no built-in limits to the database, > so I can only imagine that perhaps W* is freaking at the huge amount of > data. > > Technical Support | ==== eCommerce and Beyond ==== > Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant, > 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster, > San Diego, CA 92128 | Typhoon > 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/ > > > Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Database field limit? (christer@ljusaideer.se (Christer Olsson) 1998)
  2. RE: Database field limit? (Bob Minor 1998)
  3. Re: Database field limit? (Rob Marquardt 1998)
  4. Re: Database field limit? (PCS Technical Support 1998)
  5. RE: Database field limit? (Olin 1998)
In Typhoon, for example, I have pasted in a ton of text (how much I don't know) and the server just went bananas. Dr. Watson kept coming up. I had to stop the service, uninstall, and then reinstall to get my server back up. I tried everything in the meanwhile including deleted the database while the service was stopped. Haven't tested webcat like this before but I assume that both share the same code base.Aloha, Olin> -----Original Message----- > From: PCS Technical Support [mailto:support2@smithmicro.com] > Sent: Saturday, April 04, 1998 2:24 AM > To: WebDNA-Talk@smithmicro.com > Subject: Re: Database field limit? > > > >Is there a limit (in either character count or memory used) to the amount > >of information which can be used in a single database field? I have a > >case where a lookup returns a sometimes sizable chunk of HTML from a > >database and there's been problems with the webserver crashing > >immediately after (I'm using the plug-in, more than enough memory > >assigned for the database in question). > > How sizeable are we talking here? I've seen 300K go out from > WebCatalog on > a single HTML page before. There are no built-in limits to the database, > so I can only imagine that perhaps W* is freaking at the huge amount of > data. > > Technical Support | ==== eCommerce and Beyond ==== > Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant, > 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster, > San Diego, CA 92128 | Typhoon > 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/ > > > Olin

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