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  3. June 2004

Re: Variable length fields

> That did not match what we were expecting to see at all.  We thought
> that using variable length fields would take up only as much storage as
> they really need.  Why then would a variable length file be *longer*
> than a fixed length file.

I would think that, given that variable length fields have a certain
amount of overhead, you probably wouldn't realize any space saving until
you have an awful lot more records in the file. Maybe as few as a few
dozen, perhaps a few hundred, possibly a few thousand.

But that's just a guess.

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JHHL

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