>>Yes, packing with the keyword MEMO added, will help. I am not sure about what happens when copying, though.
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>The MEMO keyword is not necessary for memo fields packing
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>>Note that this bloat does not happen in a single user environment, as far as I know.
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>Not exactly. VFP will reuse old space if table is opened exclusively and new memo data can fit into old space, otherwise new memo blocks will be allocated.

Thank you for the correction.