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Subject: Re: PGN question for Steven J. Edwards

Author: Dave Gomboc

Date: 06:09:09 06/09/98

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On June 09, 1998 at 03:59:25, Steven J. Edwards wrote:

>On June 08, 1998 at 21:18:25, Danniel Corbit wrote:
>
>>On June 08, 1998 at 03:39:26, Steven J. Edwards wrote:
>>[snip]
>>>More details about import/export are in the upcoming spec.
>>Will this new specification have formal limits for sizes of fields?  I
>>want to create a very general database for handling PGN, but I am
>>frustrated trying to find out how large the objects can become without
>>violation of the standard.  And I don't want to make every field a blob.
>
>The maximum length of a string (after escape character processing) is
>255 characters.  Similarly, the maximum length of a symbol (such as a
>PGN tag name) is also 255 characters.
>
>-- Steven (sje@mv.mv.com)

Maybe fixed-character limits should be removed?  Or at least enlarged
significantly...

Dave Gomboc



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