Yes, you are correct.  After posting my comment, I talked with our DBAs 
and they informed me that it was an exponential rather than additive.  I'm 
just a programmer.  File sizing is a foreign concept to me.


Gordon J. Glorfield
Sr. Applications Developer
MAMSI (A UnitedHealth Company)
301-360-8839

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 02/16/2006 07:53:11 AM:

> Hi Gordon,

> Actually, as other posters have mentioned, 64 bit files allow for file
> sizes much larger than 2gb.

> However, there was a bug in Universe 9.6.x which in effect limited 64 
bit
> files to 2gb. This was fixed on subsequent releases, but if the 64 bit
> file was created on 9.6, then it will still have the 2gb limit. You need
> to use RESIZE on the file to remove the 2gb limit.

> hth,

> asvin

> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 14/02/2006 21:29:23:

> > As the 64 bit version of UV allows files to be twice the size of 
regular
> > UV, it would behoove you to check file sizes before doing the backup.
> You
> > may have to break some files down to smaller parts if the file size is
> > over the 2 gig limit.

> >
> > Gordon J. Glorfield
> > Sr. Applications Developer
> > MAMSI (A UnitedHealth Company)
> > 301-360-8839

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