Hello,

> I have a GDB that during debugging has grown quite a bit. It contains

nearly

> no data though and I want to compact it. I know you have to back it and
> restore it to do this? Are there any quick utilitys just to point it at a
> gdb and have it do this all for me?

Backup and restore. That's the only thing that can shrink your database.

Note: Firebird will re-use the empty space when new data arrives.

With regards,

Martijn Tonies
Database Workbench - developer tool for InterBase, Firebird, MySQL & MS SQL
Server.
Upscene Productions
http://www.upscene.com