Bill, Check out the help file, Database Safeguards, Database Size. It explains everything. Also, check out our web site. Cosme, EA3TB, has provided a utility program that he wrote for DXbase that among other things, gives you a function that compacts your database.
Regards, Courtney ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Parry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 9:20 AM Subject: [DXBase] My .mdb is getting big > I keep my DXBase 2003 on two computers in my shack. The one I log from is > old and slow, so when I do QSLs and maintenance I always do it on my other > computer. I have a Zip drive on both computers and I copy the files from one > computer and put them on the other. This has the advantage of keeping me > backed up in case my old computer dies on me. > > Over the last year my log file has ballooned to 67 Megs and I know a lot of > guys must have much larger log files than this. Soon I won't be able to copy > my files onto a 100meg zip anymore, not to mention it will take a long time. > I read earlier that you can use Access to "compact" these files but I wasn't > able to get it to work out for me. > > While we are asking for additions to DXBase 2003 for the upcoming version, I > really wish that something could be built in to allow us to make this file a > little smaller. > > Bill, W5VX > > _______________________________________________ > DXBase Reflector - Please visit us on the web at www.dxbase.com > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > To UNSUBSCRIBE please visit: > http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase >
