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Size limit for attachments in Rational ClearQuest

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Question

Is there an inherent size limitation for attachments in IBM Rational ClearQuest?

Answer

The attachment size depends on "binary blob" limit of the back-end database.

Blobs can contain any binary or ASCII information, for example, large text files, documents for data processing, CAD program files, graphics and images, videos, music files etc.

Blobs are defined as table columns. Their memory size is almost unlimited as they can be stored across several pages. This assumes however that a sufficient database page size has been specified.

For example, using a 1k page, the blob may not exceed 0.5 GB, using a 4k page size, the blob size is limited to 8GB.

For further details, check with your database vendor.

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Modified date:
29 September 2018

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