Re: Database field limit?
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1998
It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = On 4/3/1998 7:24 PM, PCS Technical Support so noted...>>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.The database itself is 25 meg, but the individual records that are being looked up and added to the page are only about 4 - 6K each. We're running WebTen and see odd things in the Access Log after the crash (ie: five or so lines of the database being searched appear verbatim in the log!) The problem may be tied into what the page is trying to do. Essentially, if a certain condition is met, the bulk of the page is hidden and a different page shown instead (via an Include). Right now I'm working on a different way of handling the page : )Rob Marquardt Designer/Resident Wirehead Toast Design300 First Avenue North, Suite 150 Minneapolis MN 55401 612.330.9863 v 612.321.9424 f www.toastdesign.com
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On 4/3/1998 7:24 PM, PCS Technical Support so noted...>>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.The database itself is 25 meg, but the individual records that are being looked up and added to the page are only about 4 - 6K each. We're running WebTen and see odd things in the Access Log after the crash (ie: five or so lines of the database being searched appear verbatim in the log!) The problem may be tied into what the page is trying to do. Essentially, if a certain condition is met, the bulk of the page is hidden and a different page shown instead (via an Include). Right now I'm working on a different way of handling the page : )Rob Marquardt Designer/Resident Wirehead Toast Design300 First Avenue North, Suite 150 Minneapolis MN 55401 612.330.9863 v 612.321.9424 f www.toastdesign.com
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