>>Thanks.
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>>I know how to do this. My question is: Will Visual FoxPro be slower if I
SET BLOCKSIZE TO 0?
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>>Hilmar.
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>Hilmar,
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>I've never tested whether vfp was slower with 1 byte allocation on memo. It saves a lot of space though.
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>IMO the difference will very small considering that
>- the 1 is the
minimal block
>- the space for an entire memo is allocated sequentially (repl memo with newvalue discards the old space and allocates new space)
>
>just my opinion
Thanks. I think I will end up changing the blocksize at least in one very large file (audit trail) - in my tests, the space saving is, indeed, significant.
Hilmar.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)
