Hi - just passing by - has anyone tried pack memo? Or am I just getting in the way?

>Ah ha! Many thanks :)
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>>You have to open table exlusivelly otherwise FoxPro will not reuse memo space.
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>>>

>>>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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