chsarvani wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am using fbcopy tool for copying from one FDB to another FDB.After
> copying the data from source FDB to destination FDB successfully, the
> size of both the databases should be same.
> But it is observed that the size of source FDB differs from that of
> size of destination FDB. But when I compare the databases, the data is
> copied correctly.
>
> If the source FDB is of size 19,517 KB, the destination FDB size is
> 19,484 KB.
>
> Why there is change in the database size after the successfully
> copying the data.
>
> Regards,
> Sarvani
>
>

Because the destination DB has "only the records", the source DB has
all the same records, plus space used by deleted records, plus data from
obsolete record versions and so on.

try backin-up and restore both and you will see the same size.

see you !

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Alexandre Benson Smith
Development
THOR Software e Comercial Ltda
Santo Andre - Sao Paulo - Brazil
www.thorsoftware.com.br