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RE: [freetds] Freebcp 2GB file limit

From: "ZIGLIO, Frediano, VF-IT" <Frediano.Ziglio AT vodafone.com>
To: "FreeTDS Development Group" <freetds AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: RE: [freetds] Freebcp 2GB file limit
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 16:15:03 +0200

>
> On Thu, 2004-10-28 at 15:35, Thompson, Bill D (London) wrote:
> > Tom,
> >
> > That's not a freebcp message , as far as I know.
> > There is a file size limit on your operating system, probably.
> > I have run into the same problem with Sybase "bcp" in Solaris.
>
> Actually it's a bit of both. I think you need to use special calls or
> flags to handle >2GB files.
>
> Checking the open(2) man page on linux I see the O_LARGEFILE flag, for
> example.
>
> Michael
>

Better, from fseeko(3)

On many architectures both off_t and long are 32-bit types, but
compi-
lation with
#define _FILE_OFFSET_BITS 64
will turn off_t into a 64-bit type.

I don't see nothing wrong using _FILE_OFFSET_BITS by default in FreeTDS.

freddy77

[freetds] Freebcp 2GB file limit, Thomas A. Lowery, 10/28/2004
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- RE: [freetds] Freebcp 2GB file limit, Thompson, Bill D (London), 10/28/2004
  - RE: [freetds] Freebcp 2GB file limit, Michael Peppler, 10/28/2004
    - Re: [freetds] Freebcp 2GB file limit, Shaun Craig, 10/28/2004
    - Re: [freetds] Freebcp 2GB file limit, James K . Lowden, 10/28/2004
  - RE: [freetds] Freebcp 2GB file limit, Thomas A. Lowery, 10/28/2004
- RE: [freetds] Freebcp 2GB file limit, ZIGLIO, Frediano, VF-IT, 10/28/2004