Subject: Re: Re:[Dxbase] Database size
> Joe > OOPS!! There is one problem doing it this way that I had noticed > before but forgot. You lose your 'Callsign Notes' in the summary window. > Do you know if this normally happens when you shrink the .mdb file using > the other methods? > Sandy W4DUP > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sanford Ardern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Joseph Glockner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "DXbase Reflector" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 9:29 PM > Subject: Re:[Dxbase] Database size > > >> Joe >> Going on the logic of doing ADIF imports into DXB2005 I have EXPORTED >> my W4DUP.mdb as >> ADIF from my log program as W4DUP2.adi. Then IMPORTED the .adi file back >> as W4DUP2.MDB and the size shrinks from 106038 KB to 15126 KB - about a 7 >> to 1 ratio. In other words to me it looks like the exact same thing as >> IMPORTING from the old DXbase 5.0 (ADIF). The two logs - W4DUP.mdb and >> W4DUP2.mdb are identical, including Notes etc as far as I can tell. Is >> there a reason not to shrink the .mdb this way? Maybe there's something >> I'm not thinking of but it seems to be giving a perfect import every >> time. >> Off the subject but---- I got my Address Bar back in XP. Found out >> that it's a common problem. >> >> Sandy W4DUP >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Dxbase mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >
