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subramanianup Warnings : 1 New User
Joined: 18 May 2005 Posts: 46 Location: Bangalore, INDIA
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How do fixed block files differ from Variable Block files? |
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ofer71
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dneufarth
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ofer71 wrote: |
I strongly recommend reading the fine manual.
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Excellent advice
Briefly, fixed blocks do not indicate their size within the physical record while variable length records actually have an explicit length field as part of the physical record (as do the logical variable length records therein) |
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