Format
Paradox Database Memo Field (Binary Large Object)
Summary
- Name
- Paradox Database Memo Field (Binary Large Object)
- Identifiers
- PUID: x-fmt/307
- Format type
- Database
- Description
- This is an outline record only, and requires further details, research or authentication to provide information that will enable users to further understand the format and to assess digital preservation risks associated with it if appropriate. If you are able to help by supplying any additional information concerning this entry, please return to the main PRONOM page and select ‘Add an Entry’.
- File extensions
-
dbq,mb - Source
- Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Internal signatures
Paradox Binary Large Object
- Note
- Header: 1 byte record type (00h); 2 byte size of block/4096=1 (0100h little endian); 8 bytes for number of times modified; 2 bytes base size of data blocks (little endian 1000h=4096 decimal); 2 bytes size of suballocated data blocks (little endian 1000h=4096 decimal); 1 byte (Unknown); 1 byte suballocation chunk size (10h); 2 bytes number of suballocations per block (little-endian 0040h); 2 bytes suballocation threshold (little endian 0800h)
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- None
- Byte Sequence
000100{8}00100010{1}1040000008- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
Added in V51
- Release date
- 15 July 2011
Paradox Database Memo Field (Binary Large Object): Record title updated for clarification.
Paradox Database Memo Field (Binary Large Object): Signature submitted by Georgia Tech Research Institute, USA.