On 11 Feb 2012, at 10:06pm, Orit Alul wrote:

> When deleting from sqlite, the freed space is added to the free_list count.
> My question is, when I insert new data, is the needed space allocated out of 
> the free_list or do the db file grows larger and the free space stays till 
> vacuum operation is performed?
> Basically, my question is: on intensive inserts and deletes will the freed 
> space be re-used ?

SQLite uses available free space first.  Only if there is no free space will it 
make the database file bigger.  (This isn't quite accurate but it's mostly 
correct.)

Simon.
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