What would be better...

[RichAlgeni]

storing temporary web page files in a separate directory, or in a SQL table? Does anyone know how many files can be stored in a Windows directory before the overhead gets too great? I'd like to keep at least 100, maybe 1000. What would you suggest to keep track of the oldest file, then remove it when a new one is written?

Thanks as always!

[MachineCode]

Does anyone know how many files can be stored in a Windows directory before the overhead gets too great?

Don't know if this helps, but I have about 3000 icon files in a single directory in Windows XP.

[graph100]

pff
just do some simple code which create file xD

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a = 0
Repeat
  a + 1
  CreateFile(0, str(a))
  closefile(0)
ForEver

But I think if they is a limitation (If there is !!), it's in NTFS or in FAT32. I once had a hundredth thousand file in a folder because of a mistake no problème !

[RichAlgeni]

Great, thanks guys! You never know with Microsoft, so just wanted to be sure.

[c4s]

Here is a comparison, maybe it helps:
http://www.frank4dd.com/howto/various/m ... er-dir.htm