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Compact and Repair
I was trying to explain to a co-worker why they need to compact and repair a
database. The question came up as to why the space is not freed up by simply deleting a table, I was not sure why that is. Any help? Thanks! PJ |
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Compact and Repair
Since data is added to different tables at different times, the table seldom
will be a contiguous block of the MDB file. To recover all those non-contiguous blocks could take considerable time. The designers obviously it was felt that it made more sense not to take the time each time a deletion was done. You see how long a compact takes. Can you imagine having to wait that long each time you deleted a row of data? It's exactly the same as defragging your hard drive. -- Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP http://I.Am/DougSteele (no private e-mails, please) "PJFry" wrote in message ... I was trying to explain to a co-worker why they need to compact and repair a database. The question came up as to why the space is not freed up by simply deleting a table, I was not sure why that is. Any help? Thanks! PJ |
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