> If a database is set to forced writes, then isn't it expected
> that even using the embedded server, the forced writes will
> be adhered to? I just noticed activity on editing and
> committing regularly over about 40 minutes on a database, it
> jumped from 8Mb to 30Mb only when I disconnected.

> Is this the way it should be?

AFAIK this is a "feature" of Windows. You dont get full details
about a file until it has been closed. Watch your disk space
and I think you will see it change accordingly. Same thing
happens whether you use embedded or not.

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Geoff Worboys
Telesis Computing