Kenny Lyngberg wrote: > I can tell u what it does, but not how it does it. For example: A db > of 500 KB, can be kompressed, with a funtion i Access in MS office. > So that this file now only is 350 KB big.
This functionality is available in *every* program that stores data in an indexed file (database, mail clients etc.). The name "compression" is misleading, it should be called "clearing-out" or "defragmentation", because what it does is just removing entries in the file that have been marked as "deleted" before. You know the same from your file system where deleting a file does not reorganize the whole hard disc but only marks some of the clusters as available again and having all used clusters in a consecutive order needs execution of a defragmentation tool. Best regards, Mathias -- Mathias Bauer - OpenOffice.org Application Framework Project Lead Please reply to the list only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] is a spam sink. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
