Database Internals

Information about the Perforce database, the 'db.*' files, and the metadata contained in these files.

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Date Handling PROBLEM: How does Perforce generate, store, and display dates? SOLUTION: INTERNAL STORAGE OF DATES: Perforce uses the operating system's localtime() and mktime() functions for conversion of dates...
Error and Warning Messages This section describes the meanings and causes of some error messages reported by the Perforce Server....
Handling Large Database Files SUMMARY: Earlier versions of the Perforce Server, and some operating systems, limit Perforce database files (the db.* files in the P4ROOT directory) to 2GB in size. DETAILS: The following combinat...

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Article #:
720
Created:
04/18/07
Modified:
11/04/09