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DBF Writer: DBF file exceeds maximum size of 2 GB

  • February 17, 2014
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parashari
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Hi,

 

 

I am working on an XP machine with 2Gb RAM. I am trying to run some tools and everytime, the output shows the following details. What can be done regarding it. 

 

 

"DBF Writer: DBF file exceeds maximum size of 2 GB

 

Unable to output data to file 'D:\\SixMonths\\FME\\New Folder\\SQL\\New Folder\\NewFeatureType.dbf'

 

... Last line repeated 2 times ...

 

DBF Writer: DBF file exceeds maximum size of 2 GB."

Best answer by david_r

Hi,

 

 

how much data are you writing to the DBF? A 2GB file size limit sounds about right for that format, but if there is hardly any data there is obviously something wrong.

 

 

One way to test is by redirecting the data to an FFS file:

 

 

 

 

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    • February 17, 2014
    Hi,

     

     

    how much data are you writing to the DBF? A 2GB file size limit sounds about right for that format, but if there is hardly any data there is obviously something wrong.

     

     

    One way to test is by redirecting the data to an FFS file:

     

     

     

     

    David

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