[Zope-dev] Maxinum number of versions for a single object in the ZODB ?

[Dieter Maurer]

Romain Slootmaekers wrote at 2003-7-12 15:00 +0200:
 > Somewhere in our deployment we have a SimpleItem.SimpleItem object with
 > a random number generator in it.
 > The code to get a new random number is:
 > 
 > 
 >   random=self.__random.random()
 >   #....
 >   self._p_changed = 1 # make sure to store the changed generator
 > 
 > 
 > We use that generator A LOT,
 > but today, after some months of working correctly, it just stopped
 > returning different random numbers. I have no other clue than to guess 
 > there is a maxinum number of different versions any object can have in 
 > the ZODB.
 > 
 > Is my hunch correct ?

No, there is no such limit. You can have as many version as you
have disk space...


Dieter