Well, if a solution isn't found, you can always buy a new Seagate terrabyte hard drive and stop worrying.

>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.
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>>Hi - just passing by - has anyone tried pack memo? Or am I just getting in the way?
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>>>Ah ha! Many thanks :)
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>>>
>>>>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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