I was asked a question today that ... well, it stumped me. Is there a
practical limit to an incrementing number on Unidata and if so, what is
that limit? I seem to recall something way back on Reality that said that
numbers could count to 1+e38 or something ridiculous like that, but is that
Since it is stored as a string it can be any length. If it is used as a Key
or ID of the record you're limited by to 126 characters or whatever your
LIMIT command shows. And if you need to do math with it you might have to
use string math.
David A. Green
(480) 813-1725
DAG Consulting
Hi Kevin,
As with most software systems, yes there are some very real limitations you
need to be aware of if you are working with large numbers.
There is a native limit you will hit as UniData converts the number to a double
and eventually will lose precision. If working with something like a
