Hi Dragan. I was playing with your test code and I get different results. For instance:

CLEAR

CREATE TABLE bloattest (mymemo m)
APPEND BLANK
replace mymemo with replicate("X", 1000)
USE
DIR bloattest.FPT to FILE bloat_test.txt

USE bloattest
replace mymemo with replicate("X", 1000)
USE
DIR bloattest.FPT  to FILE bloat_test.txt

USE bloattest
replace mymemo with replicate("X", 1000)
USE
DIR bloattest.FPT  to FILE bloat_test.txt

USE bloattest
replace mymemo with replicate("X", 1000)
USE
DIR bloattest.FPT to FILE bloat_test.txt

I get this result:

BLOATTEST.FPT                                                

     1536 bytes in 1 file.

     2560 bytes in 1 file.

     3584 bytes in 1 file.

     4608 bytes in 1 file.

In other words, even though I am replacing the exact same size of memo text it seems to be increasing the FPT file nonetheless. Any ideas?

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