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From: awd@dbase.UUCP (Alastair Dallas)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Needed: pack for .DBT files
Summary: COPY the file periodically
Message-ID: <156@dbase.UUCP>
Date: 12 Jul 89 19:27:22 GMT
References: <459@oetl1.oetl.UUCP>
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Organization: Ashton Tate Devlopment Center Glendale, Calif.
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In article <459@oetl1.oetl.UUCP>, alan@oetl.UUCP (Alan Strassberg) writes:
> 
> 	.DBT files (with memo fields) seem to grow without limit,
> 	I understand there are utilities to reduce the size of these
> 	file. Any suggestions in netlandia ?
> 
> 	Thanks. P.S. - this is for Clipper (Summer '87).

The simplest approach is to COPY the file periodically.  The COPY operation
only copies valid memo records, thus PACKing the DBT file.  Of course, you
could switch to dBASE IV, which automatically recovers space in DBT files.:-)

/alastair/