Ah ha! Many thanks :)


>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:
>>
>>

>>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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