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Large files throw error: toString failed #115

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@Vanuan

Summary

400 MiB file results in throw new Error('toString failed');

Steps to reproduce

Open a large csv file

Expected behavior

What was supposed to happen? What happened instead?

Relevant logs and/or screenshots

controller.js:571 ["Uncaught Error: toString failed", "buffer.js", 378, 5, Error: toString failed
at Buffer.toString

Possible fixes?

Buffer doesn't support large files? It's strange

Related issues/pull requests?

Using it first time

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  1. newsroomdev commented on Apr 21, 2016

    @newsroomdev
    Member

    Hey @Vanuan. Thanks for letting us know, and could you share that large file so we can check it out? We built Dataproofer as a prototype with a Knight Foundation Prototype grant, and now we want to make it more robust. Happy to look into this.

  2. Vanuan commented on Apr 22, 2016

    @Vanuan
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  3. changed the title [-]toString failed[/-] [+]Large files throw error: `toString failed`[/+] on Jul 10, 2019
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