Re: [SQL] Limiting database size

2002-06-26 Thread Thomas Swan
Josh Berkus wrote: Eric, I like the idea of putting it on a hard disk or partition of fixed size and waiting for the DB to simply crash. hahaha Yeah. It's what MS SQL Server does, though. As I said, I think the whole concept of limiting database size in MB is fundamen

Re: [SQL] Limiting database size

2002-06-26 Thread terry
>> Yeah. It's what MS SQL Server does, though. As I >> said, I think the whole concept of limiting database size in >> MB is fundamentally flawed. I mean, what's the database >> supposed to do when it runs out of space? Display a window that says: "Management has determined that this d

Re: [SQL] Limiting database size

2002-06-26 Thread Josh Berkus
Eric, > I like the idea of putting it on a hard disk or partition of fixed size and > waiting for the DB to simply crash. > hahaha Yeah. It's what MS SQL Server does, though. As I said, I think the whole concept of limiting database size in MB is fundamentally flawed. I mean, what's th

Re: [SQL] Limiting database size

2002-06-26 Thread Eric
I like the idea of putting it on a hard disk or partition of fixed size and waiting for the DB to simply crash. hahaha "Josh Berkus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Mauricio, > > > Hi, is there any way to limit the database size?? > > First, this is a question fo

Re: [SQL] Limiting database size

2002-06-18 Thread Ulrich Sprick
Hi Mauricio Novell, and i think windows and unix as well, have the disk quota feature. The disk size assigned to a user can be limited. There should also be warning levels in order to get the sysadmin noticed about a user running out of space before it's too late. Try on a os related newsgroup, t