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  3. May 2007

RE: Max length of a VARYING field

From: Scott Klement

This is an interesting point. You COULD theoretically determine the
pointer size based on the maximum defined length of the field.

Pointer size? What the heck are you talking about? Are you talking
about the difference between the standard 128-bit pointers, and the
64-bit pointer that C programs can use for teraspace?

Index, not pointer. My bad. index, Scott. The thingie on the front of the
varying field that is the subject of this whole discussion, that is
hardcoded to 2 bytes today.

Joe



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