Hi Grady. Not in the way at all. It's a discussion about how to possibly avoid the bloat in the first place and hence avoid the need for a pack under certain circumstances.


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