RE: RPG IV Restrictions: Files

["Bob Cozzi" <cozzi@xxxxxxxxx>]

True, but I think the point of the question was, "Is it more than 50?" and
the short answer is "yes"! 
-Bob


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On Behalf Of Hans Boldt
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2004 8:39 AM
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Subject: Re: RPG IV Restrictions: Files

Bob Cozzi wrote:
> Hans,
> It is not in the RPG IV manual, it is an ILE "limit" from what I remember
> back when we were in Rochester with the original RPG IV compiler and that
> questions was brought up. The response was 32K per activation group. Of
> course, if that's changed, I would have no idea.
> -Bob 

You're probably right about 32K files per activation group. But if you 
consider that the minimum storage overhead for a file in an RPG IV 
module is about 1000 bytes, roughly 16K files already will get you to 
the 16M limit on static storage in a program. And that's without 
considering more advanced file function, like reading and writing the data.

But if anyone really needs to know what the limit is, I'd strongly 
recommend a course of study in program modularization, and perhaps 
relational database design and dynamic SQL too.

Cheers! Hans

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