[Urgent] Is there a size limit on returning a large dataset or a large typed array from web service?

[Ketchup]

Is there a size limit on returning a large dataset or a large typed array
from web service? I couldn't find any article in MSDN about this.....

Ketchup

[Jan Tielens]

I don't think there is a theoretical limit. It will depend on the amount of
memory that is available to the application.

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"Ketchup" <Ketchup@no.spam> schreef in bericht
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> Is there a size limit on returning a large dataset or a large typed array
> from web service? I couldn't find any article in MSDN about this.....
>
> Ketchup
>
>

[Christian Boult]

Just beware returning large datasets will use up ALOT of memory because of
the way it seems to perform the serialization. From what I read it create a
large amounts of small objects that will end up taking alot of memory. Even
with a large memory base you might hit OutOfMemory exceptions. You can
probably go around it by writing the the dataset to file (WriteXml) and
having the client downloading that file and reading it in (ReadXml) after.

Chris.


"Ketchup" <Ketchup@no.spam> wrote in message
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> Is there a size limit on returning a large dataset or a large typed array
> from web service? I couldn't find any article in MSDN about this.....
>
> Ketchup
>
>