A flat-file database has no predetermined limit for the number of rows it might contain. The size of a flat-file database may be limited by the host computer's operating system (OS) or itsfile system. If a database application is used to create the flat-file database, that application...
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that if you are handling a Flat File that contains non-tabular data, you may need to read the Flat File using a script (task or component) and implement complex logic, or you may need to read each row as one column (length