Fascinating, original size of the DBF 710448 original size of fpt: 1276848
selecting * from the tabl3 DBF = 710448 FPT = 923354 A drop in the size of the fpt of 353492.. Could i rename the "selected" FPT and use it. I treid a pack memo and there no change in thesiz of the FPT? Regards, Desmond / On Mon, 5 Oct 2020 at 09:06, Tracy Pearson <tr...@powerchurch.com> wrote: > When you select * to a temp table. What is the size of the files? > You'll know quickly if you have bloat. > > HTH, > Tracy > > -----Original Message----- > From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of > Desmond > Lloyd > Sent: Monday, October 05, 2020 9:49 AM > To: profoxt...@leafe.com > Subject: My memo field(s) Are Bloated...... > > Good Morning! > > Have a very wide dbf with about 8 memo fields . Started > acteing strange like if I tried to re-index or pack memo it would seem to > go so far and then freeze! > > Found a utility that seemed to repair the file. The only issue is that the > DBF is 710mb and the associated memo file is 1.2gb! Yikes. Have ran a > pack memo (with no issues) and there is no change in the size of the memo > file, which I am assuming is boated. > > 1.) Is the memo file really bloated. > 2.) Going to look at the individual memo fields and see if any one of the > records has an unusually large memo field. > 3.) Open to any other suggestion that you wise people could recommend.... > > TIA/Regards, > Desmond > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html > --- > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: https://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: https://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: https://leafe.com/archives This message: https://leafe.com/archives/byMID/CAAJXvaN65s_FjTXUv_S-497txp3_5sw0LPwQm0Ze0+jH0uG=d...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
