On Sat, July 28, 2007 4:01 am, Thorsten Kampe wrote: > * Kent Johnson (Fri, 27 Jul 2007 08:06:33 -0400) > >> Barton David wrote: >> >>> *sigh* I'm really going off Python. >>> >> >> In what way is it Python's fault that the dbm database doesn't reclaim >> disk space? > > It's actually how most databases work. Even a simple Outlook pst file > (which is a database, too) works this way. I thought everyone knows or > heard about this.
I don't even think mysql reclaims disk space unless you intervene. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
