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==== File w/Large Dictionary Crashes ASCII Export (AREV Specific) ====
=== At 17 OCT 2004 04:28:33AM Chris Cordera wrote: ===
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I have been successfully using the native Arev 2.12 ASCII export utility but have come to a file that causes the export to crash without any error message. It just blows out of the screen, back to TCL. I suspect it is because there are a large number of real fields-260. I have tried reducing the number and when I get to 192, it works. It doesn't seem to be a particular field since fields fmc 192 cause the problem if the total number used is < 192.
Is this a known bug and any ideas for a work around?
Many thanks!
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=== At 17 OCT 2004 08:09AM support@sprezzatura.com wrote: ===
Have you tried replacing some of the fields with either symbolics or groups to keep the number down?
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=== At 18 OCT 2004 05:15PM Warren Auyong wrote: ===
This is sort of a known-bug. The problem being is that the export routines use the braces {} or calculate function so each dictionary item loads in the return stack as a subroutine and you run out of stack entries.
The work-arounds are to split your exports into groups < 192 (this number will vary depending on what was run prior) or to write an export function that doesn't use {} or calculate.
Grouping via symbolic might work depending on how you write the symbolic. Using groups will probably still blow up because each dictionary column name in the group probably gets resolved using {}/CALCULATE.
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