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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