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Size of my database
My database is too big for my floppy disk, when i'm trying to save and is also taken along time. What should i do!
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Size of my database
Have you tried compacting your database?
Byron -----Original Message----- My database is too big for my floppy disk, when i'm trying to save and is also taken along time. What should i do! . |
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Yvonne,
Byron's suggestion may work, but only if the compacted .mdb is less than 1.44MB. Zipping it (after it's been compacted ) may help more, it could reduce the size by up to a factor of 5 in my experience (depending on design and data scarcity), but even that is not guaranteed to do the job, it depends on the actual db size. Compaction is a good practice and should always be erformed periodically in the interest of db integrity and performance, but the real answer here is cut the umbilical cord with the stone age of computers! Floppies are small by the current standards and very unreliable. Use CDs, or, even better, a USB compact flash memory stick (a small investment you'll never regret), and welcome to the 21st century! HTH, Nikos "Byron" wrote in message ... Have you tried compacting your database? Byron -----Original Message----- My database is too big for my floppy disk, when i'm trying to save and is also taken along time. What should i do! . |
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