>Hi all
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>My app is VFP9 on MSSQL database.
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>I store contents of text files in memo field of a table using APPEND MEMO myfield FROM txtfile OVERWRITE
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>I need to find out how I can compress a text file so I can store the compressed file into the memo field so that I can improve my app performance when I retrieve data from the table containing the memo field.
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>Your advice much appreciated
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>Thanks & Best Regards
Check Craig Boyd's VFPCompression library. It can compress not only files but strings also.
http://www.sweetpotatosoftware.com/SPSBlog/SearchView.aspx?q=VFPCompression
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