On 28/04/2017 10:15, Michael Madigan wrote:
is there a recommended way in FPW 2.6 to add a line to the end of a memo field?
I have been using :
replace memo_field with memo_field + new_line
and every once in a while the FPT file blows up to a large size (2 or 3 times
normal size). I'm guessing it blows up because someone uses a utility to add
a line to a large number of records at once.
Is there a command that prevents the bloat?
You can reduce the bloat with
(backup first of course)
USE myfile EXCLUSIVE
PACK MEMO
Peter
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