Category: bigdatafileviewer
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Open a 1.2 GB JSON or 700 MB XML File Without a Hex Editor
The two questions on Stack Overflow are old and enormous: “Is there any JSON viewer to open large json files (windows)?” has 130,128 views, 62 votes and no accepted answer; “Lightweight XML viewer that can handle large files” has 180,242 views and 183 votes. The answers are the tell: the top-voted JSON answer (29 votes)…
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Excel Won’t Open a 350 MB File: The Row Ceiling, the Memory Wall, and What Actually Opens It
The workbook is on your disk. Double-click it, and Excel either shows “Excel cannot complete this task with available resources”, sits at 0% until the file stops responding, or opens 1,048,576 rows and quietly stops. The file is not corrupt, and re-saving it from the machine that made it will not help: Limit Value What…