Subject | Re: [firebird-support] Database Size. |
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Author | Ann W. Harrison |
Post date | 2005-12-20T17:02:32Z |
William Gonzáles S. wrote:
deleted records, old record versions, and other detritus
is available for reuse for new records, indexes, etc.
You can reduce the size of a database by backing it up
and restoring it with gbak.
Regards,
Ann
> ... if I delete all recordsFirebird databases never shrink - space formerly used by
> and the 6 tables created by my app, the database size
> continue being 7 MB, should not it diminish the size?
deleted records, old record versions, and other detritus
is available for reuse for new records, indexes, etc.
You can reduce the size of a database by backing it up
and restoring it with gbak.
Regards,
Ann