Mohit Sindhwani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Cory Nelson wrote: > > vacuum shrinks the database size by removing empty pages. sqlite will > > normally reuse empty pages - so vacuum is only useful if you don't > > plan to insert anything else, otherwise it will be slower. > > > > Thanks Cory! That clears a major worry (regarding the speed of > vacuuming a large database with a large number of records deleted) in my > mind. Temporarily, letting the database take up extra space is not a > worry, so we'll just leave it in the records deleted state and let > SQLite reuse the memory as it goes along. > > Best regards > Mohit.
Though if your db has reached a steady-state size you might consider running a VACUUM just *before* deleting the records, to avoid peaks persisting ... and even then (say) every *other* week. Just a thought ! Regards, MikeW dow _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
