Re: CVS update: phpdoc/functions

On Sun, Jun 20, 1999 at 01:11:56PM -0400, Jim Jagielski wrote: > sas wrote: > > > > > > <listitem><simpara> > > ndbm is a newer type and more flexible than dbm. It still has most of the > > - arbitrary limits of dbm. > > + arbitrary limits of dbm (therefore it is deprecated). > > > Here I go again :) > > Seriously, does the db implementation of ndbm still suffer these? man gdbm NOTICE: The size in gdbm is not restricted like dbm or ndbm. Your data can be as large as you want. The sendmail book, 2nd revision, page 648: The dbm class, which is really the ndbm form of database, is the traditional form of UNIX database. [...] The data must fit in blocks of fixed sizes, so there is usually a limit of the maximum size (1 kilobyte or so) on any given stored datum. [...] Because of the limit on the size of a datum, you should consider using one of the db(3) hash or btree classes instead. -- Regards, Sascha Schumann Consultant