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It was caused by some data files reporting positive test results exceeding the maximum file size Also being reported in various local news items like that in t
by mellosouls 6y ago
It was caused by some data files reporting positive test results exceeding the maximum file size
Also being reported in various local news items like that in the other discussion linked.
- disgruntledphd2 6y agoMaximum file sizes are a curse. It's very odd though, as the numbers aren't high enough to hit any common thresholds, right? Anyone have any thoughts on what could have gone wrong here?
- Taniwha 6y agoIt was the maximum number of columns in Excel ....
- dtech 6y agoThat somehow makes it even worse
- andi999 6y agoColumns or rows?
- steepben 6y agoColumns, they were using a column per case instead of a row per case.
- dividedbyzero 6y agoIs that definitive?
- steepben 6y agoNope! Actually going off better info now it looks like they WERE using rows, but it was in the old .xls format instead of .xlsx which limits to 2^16 rows https://twitter.com/standupmaths/status/1313149987707072512?s=20 https://twitter.com/standupmaths/status/1313149987707072512?...
- maxerickson 6y agoColumns. Row limit is over 1 million.
- asplake 6y agoWhen I read that, I wondered what clowns built it. Now to hear that it was done in Excel I am shocked. I mean, Excel has its place, but in an operational system in which lives may depend?
- FerretFred 6y ago16,384 column limit, even in the newer versions according to Microsoft! Mind you, for when things get really bad, it does support "Colors in a workbook: 16 million colors".