Re: Leading Zeroes in PF

It is more than 2 bytes per record length, we are talking 5 bytes out of a 
total of 14, again may not sound like much, but it will add up when you 
start adding 700-800 million records


On Thu, 2 Feb 2006 15:35:56 -0500, Douglas Handy wrote
> >
> > Well considering we are talking about over 700 million records here, I'd
> > say
> > 2 bytes adds up :)
> 
> But does it really?  So we are talking an extra 1.4GB of space, but 
> put that in perspective.  What is the total record length of the 
> file?  Does it still seem that significant to have another 2 bytes?
> 
> I have nearly 1 TB of disk on my desktop PC.  Numbers like 1.4GB 
> just don't seem significant anymore, even with the price of 
> i5/iSeries/as400 disk.
> 
> JMHO,
> Doug
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