Well, you must be doing something that's inserting data into the db on every request. Hard to say what that could be without seeing the code.
Anthony On Sunday, September 2, 2012 11:50:39 AM UTC-4, entropist wrote: > > Hello, I've just started with web2py and I'm trying to learn as much as I > can to build functional web applications. > I'm almost done with my first web2py app, it's a basic photo gallery where > one can upload photos visible to other users, with functionalities like > comment and like along with photo ratings etc. > But I noticed a rather peculiar behavior, which slowed down my app > tremendously. The storage.sqlite/storage.db file increases in its size > mightily with every page load of my app! > Within a few minutes of using the app, its size reaches around 1GB and > goes onto 4-5GB after a while! > > With regard to the inner workings, I have images, users and comments > databases. Besides, I have heavily tweaked the CSS file, added my own > stylesheets and have used some extra jquery modules extensively. > > What could be the reason behind such a behavior and how can I get it > fixed? Please guide. > --

