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   Jim Hargan to Tony McGuire   
   Re: importing large data fields   
   14 Jun 08 22:58:25   
   
   From: contact@harganonline.com   
      
   On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 17:58:22 -0600, Tony McGuire wrote:   
      
   >> one line at a time. String variables since v7-32 (I think) have no   
   >> limit on size -- none at all. You can cram /War and Peace/ into a single   
   >> string   
   >   
   > Not exactly correct.   
   >   
   > You are limited by the amount of memory available on the machine.   
   >   
   > And I wouldn't rely on a Windows Operating System to be able to handle   
   > W&P.  Particularly not in one bite.   
      
   VBG. Maybe the original version that Tolstoy serialized in a magazine. It's   
   a good 500 pages shorter. (I read about it in aldaily.com.)   
      
   Can't say I've ever tried to get Pdox to swallow much more than 10,000   
   words in one bite -- but it handles that like a champ!   
      
   Jim Hargan   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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