Re: Sequence size limits
- Posted by cp Apr 26, 2011
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Larry: thanks for the useful info on memory.
Vinoba,Matt:
I'm accessing a specialized (not relational) 64bit database. The database has the "potential" for trillions of datavalues. However I don't know which values are non-zero until I retrieve them and I'd prefer to not have to check them one by one during retrieval since the retrieval via it's api would be slow using that method - instead I retrieve a large array (not trillions of course) of values in one shot and then filter out the zero values using Euphoria. Yes 2TB is well beyond what I would retrieve in a single shot, however there is a outside chance that I would need to get more than 4.2 billion with many values being zeros hence the possible need to "index" a sequence beyond 4 billion. I'm not saying I absolutely need it, just curious of the possibility at this point. I think Matt has answered that it is possible but I'd need a darn good reason for doing it, likely a special build so as to not impact standard 64bit build and provide the dev team with a substantial gift! Thank you for the feedback
