>>>Hi
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>>>In the last few days one of my larger tables FPT file has bloated alarmingly , twice going from 75,000 to over 2 GB in a couple of hours - I can deal with it at the time but how can I quickly stop it happening?
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>>Turn off your computer < s >
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>>Seriously, how about giving us some clues or code samples about what you're doing so we can offer reasonable ideas?
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>Al
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>I have discovered a couple of records on the file with memo fields which look blank but are over 100000 bytes - I have cleared them - hopefully that will stabilise it - thanks for your response
It can be useful to periodically scan memos and delete CHR( 0 )s, extended ASCII etc. thay may creep in as a result of crashes etc.
If you're not doing so already you could experiment with SET BLOCKSIZE TO 0 to reduce memo size.
Regards. Al
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