>Back up the files before proceeding - then you can try:
>
>- PACK or PACK MEMO
>- Create a new table with the same structure, and either APPEND FROM the old one, or programmatically write the rows one at a time from the old to the new
>- Try a SELECT * FROM OldTable INTO NewTable
The system is live. The client is not willing to take the system down unless they can't work at all.
>and see if the file sizes are more reasonable.
>
>Does the .FPT size look reasonable? 1,906KB/300 rows is about 6.35KB/row - is that a reasonable average?
It is definitely not reasonable.
>SET BLOCKSIZE TO 0 may be useful as well.
Could you elaborate why this may be useful?
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