On 9 Mar 2011, at 15:23, Nick Hodapp wrote: > I'm using sqlite in an iOS app, via the popular FMDB wrapper. > > My profiling tool is showing me that the app is using 2.5 MB of memory > before a VACUUM, and nearly 6MB after. The tool shows that the extra memory > was allocated by sqlite3MemMalloc(). If I close and re-open the database > then the extra memory usage goes away, returning to 2.5 MB. > > Is there any sqlite function I can call, or some other technique, to reduce > the memory allocated and hung-onto by sqlite, particularly during a VACUUM? >
See http://www.sqlite.org/c3ref/release_memory.html - if you invoke sqlite3_release_memory(INT_MAX) it will free up as much as it can at that point in time. 6.5Mb isn't that much for an iOS app to be using - are you getting memory usage warnings? Best Regards, Phil Willoughby -- Managing Director, StrawberryCat Limited StrawberryCat Limited is registered in England and Wales with Company No. 7234809. The registered office address of StrawberryCat Limited is: 107 Morgan Le Fay Drive Eastleigh SO53 4JH _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
