You have to open table exlusivelly otherwise FoxPro will not reuse memo space.

>

>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:
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>

>BLOATTEST.FPT
>
>     1536 bytes in 1 file.
>
>     2560 bytes in 1 file.
>
>     3584 bytes in 1 file.
>
>     4608 bytes in 1 file.
>

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>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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