alan@oetl.UUCP (Alan Strassberg) (07/11/89)
.DBT files (with memo fields) seem to grow without limit, I understand there are utilities to reduce the size of these file. Any suggestions in netlandia ? Thanks. P.S. - this is for Clipper (Summer '87). alan -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Alan Strassberg UUCP: alan@oetl ..!uunet!lstc!oetl!alan Lockheed, Santa Cruz, Ca. alan@oetl.scf.lockheed.com - work (408) 425-6139 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
awd@dbase.UUCP (Alastair Dallas) (07/13/89)
In article <459@oetl1.oetl.UUCP>, alan@oetl.UUCP (Alan Strassberg) writes: > > .DBT files (with memo fields) seem to grow without limit, > I understand there are utilities to reduce the size of these > file. Any suggestions in netlandia ? > > Thanks. P.S. - this is for Clipper (Summer '87). The simplest approach is to COPY the file periodically. The COPY operation only copies valid memo records, thus PACKing the DBT file. Of course, you could switch to dBASE IV, which automatically recovers space in DBT files.:-) /alastair/