File size with varlen fields -- RPG400-L

Subject: File size with varlen fields
From: Albert York <alfromme@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 16:03:17 -0700
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I have a very long field (32000 bytes) that I defined in a file using
varlen. Most of the time the field will be around 1 K but sometimes it
could be 32000 bytes.

When I look at the file size it shows 1.357 GB for 44180 records. When
I look at the records the field size for that field looks correct.

Why is the file so large?

Thanks,

Albert

Follow-Ups:

Re: File size with varlen fields , Alan Campin
Re: File size with varlen fields , James Perkins
Re: File size with varlen fields , Vern Hamberg

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