On 3 May 2019, at 5:56pm, Jens Alfke <j...@mooseyard.com> wrote: > Thanks, Simon. So the rekey is expected to double the database file size? > That’s good to know.
I don't know for sure. I believe that the rekeying is done block by block rather than for the entire database at one time. > After the call completes, is the file size back to normal, or is a vacuum > needed to reclaim disk space? Free space will be released once rekeying is complete, or the next time the database is closed, or something like that. You are not expected to do VACUUM or anything like it. _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users