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Conference iosg::all-in-1_v30

Title:*OLD* ALL-IN-1 (tm) Support Conference
Notice:Closed - See Note 4331.l to move to IOSG::ALL-IN-1
Moderator:IOSG::PYE
Created:Thu Jan 30 1992
Last Modified:Tue Jan 23 1996
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:4343
Total number of notes:18308

208.0. "TEXT_FILE READ buffer length?" by KERNEL::LOAT (Bored....Bored....BORED!!!!) Tue Mar 10 1992 15:36

    
    When using the TEXT_FILE READ function in ALL-IN-1 2.4, is there a
    limit to the length of the record which can be read in?
    
    A customer is using TEXT_FILE READ with records which are 906 bytes
    long, but when he tries to use this, it comes back with an error:
    
    "%OA-I-TFOREAD, text file error reading file <file>, 899276 byte record
    too large for users buffer."
    
    It looks like some sort of overflow may have been hit, but I'm not sure
    what.
    
    Can anyone help?
    
    Steve.
    
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208.1QuestionsSHALOT::NICODEMWho told you I&#039;m paranoid???Wed Mar 11 1992 13:317
	If the records are just over 900 bytes long, and the error message indi-
cates that it's trying to read something almost 900,000 bytes long, I'm
wondering if you have a true sequential file.  What is the record terminator?
CR?  Can you <LIST the file from ALL-IN-1?  What type of file is it (e.g.,
ASCII, WPS-PLUS, DX, other...)?

	F
208.2There may be a limitSHALOT::WARFORDRichard Warford @OPA DTN 393-7495Wed Mar 11 1992 18:378
    In the first versions of V2, the text DSABs were limited in size.
    I think it was 256 characters, then it expanded to 512. Not sure what
    the current size is....
    
    But I would tend to agree with Frank. Sounds like its not really 
    a normal sequential file.
    
    Rick