Subject Re: [firebird-support] Database File size
Author Ann W. Harrison
M Tuttle (KS) wrote:
> In order to trim down the size of the database after deleting record, it is
> necessary to do a backup (With Garbage Collection), followed by a restore of
> the database. This is the only way to reduce the size of the database.
> Simply deleting the records will not reduce the size of the database.
>
You don't need to to the garbage collection. Gbak doesn't backup
garbage, just the record versions current and committed when it started.

Regards,


Ann