Progress
Startup Command and Parameter
Reference


Stash Area (-stsh)

Operating 
System
and
Syntax 
UNIX
Windows 
-stsh n 
Use
With 
Maximum
Value 
Minimum
Value 
Single-user
Default 
Multi-user
Default 
CS
31
1
2
2

n

The number of 1KB blocks for the stash area.

Use Stash Area (-stsh) to specify the number of 1 KB blocks to allocate to the stash area, which Progress uses as temporary storage for modified index fields. The default size is sufficient for most index fields, but large character fields with a word index might require more space.

You can calculate an appropriate stash size by taking the size in bytes of the largest field with a word index, doubling that value, and adding 1KB. For example, if the largest word indexed field is 2,000 characters long, set -stsh to 5 to create a stash area of 5KB. If you do not allocate enough space, Progress terminates with a fatal error. If this occurs, restart Progress with a larger stash area.


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