script: #!/bin/bash
if [ ! -f test.db ] ; then sqlite3 test.db "CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE tab USING fts5(x)"; fi
sqlite3 test.db ".import wikipedia tab" a=$(sqlite3 test.db "SELECT count(*) FROM tab_data") echo "# records after import: $a" sqlite3 test.db "DELETE FROM tab" a=$(sqlite3 test.db "SELECT count(*) FROM tab_data") echo "# records after DELETE: $a" sqlite3 test.db "VACUUM" a=$(sqlite3 test.db "SELECT count(*) FROM tab_data") echo "# records after vacuum: $a" output: $> ./test.sh # records after import: 15 # records after DELETE: 27 # records after vacuum: 27 $> ./test.sh # records after import: 40 # records after DELETE: 52 # records after vacuum: 52 $> ./test.sh # records after import: 65 # records after DELETE: 2 # records after vacuum: 2 $> ./test.sh # records after import: 15 # records after DELETE: 27 # records after vacuum: 27 $> ./test.sh # records after import: 40 # records after DELETE: 52 # records after vacuum: 52 $> vi testsh $> vi test.sh $> So, the index does not grow indefinitely On 25-2-2020 14:00, Graham Holden wrote:
It is an interesting problem. And the above is just guesswork... It would be good to verify experimentally that the index really does grow indefinitely
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