"Aage Johansen" <aagjohan@...> wrote in message
news:4.3.2.7.2.20020211223400.00beb918@127.0.0.1...

> I have a database of about 1GB. Doing a backup (with gbak) creates a file
> of just about the same size. The difference between the gdb and the gbk

is

> less than 30MB, whereas I often see that the gbk is just half the size of
> the gdb.
> The gbk file restores without problems.
> Anyone else experienced this? Should I worry?

Do you have blobs?
Have you altered the default fill factor of your db?
Did you try a backup in non-transportable format to see what happens?

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