[Info-ingres] 64-bit ABF Applications

[Steve]

On Tuesday, 11 February 2020 00:56:04 UTC+11, Roy Hann  wrote:
> Monday, February 10, 2020, 8:34:01 AM, you wrote:
> 
> > Possibly a dumb question, but it it possible to build 64-bit ABF applications?
> 
> It is not.
> 
> It's hard to imagine an existing ABF application benefiting from a
> 64-bit address space.
> 
> Are you encountering a problem with 64-bit data?
> 
> Roy Hann
> Rational Commerce Ltd.
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> "Ingres development, tuning, and training experts"

Thanks Roy, Karl.

Currently our ABF application is 32-bit, running on Solaris. As a PoC my colleagues are attempting to move the application to Linux (RedHat 7.7) and are attempting to build it as a 64-bit application.

Regarding 32/64-bit, I couldn't see anything related to ABF in the documentation, any discussion seemed to be about the DBMS.

I have come across terms such as "pure 64-bit" and "reverse hybrid", how does one determine what their platform is? To add to my confusion, the following link suggests one can build 64-bit ABF applications.

https://communities.actian.com/s/article/ABF-32-bit-applications-do-not-run-on-Ingres-for-Linux-64-bit-and-HP-UX-Itanium

Any advice, suggestions welcome.

Steve