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Originally Posted by Rhodan
I'd like to know too.
If the database has two items, #1 and #2,426,333,000, will that use enough ram for 2,426,333,000 items or will it use enough for two items?
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It certainly appears so, at least with some tables that are loaded into shared memory.
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Originally Posted by Rhodan
The whole idea of cutomized/allocated ID numbers flies out the window if the former is the case.
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I bet there is no way for the routine that is reading the tables to determine what is actual data and what is just the unused default value defined for the table. Someone with time an skill has to look into the source and find out how exactly tables are read into shared memory and change it so that not needed entries(the ones with the default value)are not using up memory. I know I am not explaining it right but I dont have much time right now. I think something in the line of double pointers. so eg. item[ID] does not hold the data but a pointer to it. So item[1001] to item[10001] could all point to the same data structure.