Q: What is the maximum value for -M file parameters?
A: -Mfile parameters maximums are not all 64K as User's Guides up to version 2.5 seem to suggest.
PARAMETER LIMITS OF -Mfile FOR SQR IN BYTES Parameter Default Max. Value "breaks" 100 65535 "cursors" 6 6 (SQL Base) "dynamicargs" 70 32767 "expressionspace" 2048 65535 "forwardrefs" 200 32767 "longspace" 13515 65535 "numvariables" 240 32767 "onbreaks" 30 65535 "positions" 900 65535 "proglinepars" 9000 65535 "proglines" 2500 32767 "queries" 60 32767 "queryargs" 240 65535 "sqlsize" 4000 65535 "stringspace" 10000 65535 "subvars" 100 32767 "variables" 750 32767 "whens" 70 65535