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Eric Brunson wrote: > On Sat, July 28, 2007 4:01 am, Thorsten Kampe wrote: >> * Kent Johnson (Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:06:33 -0400) >> >>> Barton David wrote: >>> >>>> *sigh* I'm really going off Python. >>>> >>> In what way is it Python's fault that the dbm database doesn't reclaim >>> disk space? >> It's actually how most databases work. Even a simple Outlook pst file >> (which is a database, too) works this way. I thought everyone knows or >> heard about this. > > I don't even think mysql reclaims disk space unless you intervene. As this thread got already very philosophical, I'd like to add that the jury is still out if mysql is a RDBMS. I personally interpret it as a datafile access library that tries to pretend to be a database system :) Andreas -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGq7m7HJdudm4KnO0RAr6CAKCTSLxA5blSX19IVfpN1RVywRZvSACghExR iRDi3pk+NBPhIcQdd1QkP70= =eS7Q -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor