Subject Re: [firebird-support] Re: Firebird DB Size
Author Ivan Prenosil
"Helen Borrie" wrote:
> Once a page has been assigned a page type, it remains as that type of page,
> even after its data has been deleted. So, after garbage collection, an
> empty blob page becomes available for use in storing another
> blob. Likewise, an empty data page becomes available for storing another
> record.

When all data on page are deleted and garbage collected,
the page is added to list of free pages, i.e. it will not hold
its page type or table information, and can be reused for any purpose.

Ivan