Hi,

> h2 and have noticed that for what should be a mid-sized
> application (100,000 or so entries) has generated 26,000 files

Most likely the problem is that your are using CLOB or BLOB columns -
see http://www.h2database.com/html/datatypes.html#blobtype

By default columns of those types are stored as separate files if they
contain more than 1024 bytes. You can change this limit, see also
http://www.h2database.com/html/grammar.html#setmaxlengthinplacelob

> Perhaps, database engines are sufficiently complex that taking
> the time to READ ALL the documentation, which in H2's case is
> quite small, (say compared to PostgreSQL) you would easily
> have found the DataBase File Layout table.

People don't usually read all documentation. However, there is a
search function in the documentation and on the web site that should
help finding the relevant information.

> bloat in the data file (currently at 224 Mb)

Yes, H2 does use quite a lot of disk space unfortunately. I am working
on a better solution now. This should also reduce the number of files
by the way - my current idea is to have exactly one non-temporary file
per database.

Regards,
Thomas

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