[thelist] What's the max size of a table that browsers can ha ndle?

[Ryan Mayberry]

I would try and import the file into a database and then build a dynamic
page that would let the user select how many lines they needed to see at
once.

Just my 2 cents./

-----Original Message-----
From: Scott King [mailto:scottk at breastcenter.tmc.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 10:45 AM
To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
Subject: [thelist] What's the max size of a table that browsers can
handle?


I have a researcher that wants to put a list of genes on our intranet as a
single page. The problem is that the list is ~10,000 lines, each 4 cells
wide. The file is text only and weighs in at a whopping 4.5 MB. Netscape
just sits there thinking but IE seems to work after a little wait.

Is there any info on what browsers can handle and why. I need a little
backup info when I tell her that she needs to break her list in to pieces.

I think there was a thread on this topic a while ago but I can't seen to
find in in the archives, sorry.


Scott King

713.798.1639                              scottk at breastcenter.tmc.edu
Web Production Specialist, Breast Center @ Baylor College of Medicine



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