Re: [dba-dev] Compacting an embedded Base database

2007-08-25 Thread Marc Blakely
I think I need to catch up on my reading. I've tested both SQL methods for compacting the database. Both work, although the CHECKPOINT DEFRAG seems to be the better approach as the file doesn't have to be closed and reopened. Preliminary impressions seems to indicate a performance improvement

Re: [dba-dev] Ghost records

2007-08-23 Thread Marc Blakely
andrew wrote: Marc Blakely wrote: Drew, I've recently run into a similar situation with a database I'm developing for work. There are two tables which I import records into from a csv file via Calc. I delete the previous records from each table prior to the import (actua

Re: [dba-dev] Ghost records

2007-08-23 Thread Marc Blakely
of the tables, definition only, and deleting the old tables thinking this would purge the old data. It's still there. I haven't had a chance to look, but it seems there should be some method to 'compact' the database tables. Marc Blakely