At 14:06 2016-11-03, mbsoftwaresolutions@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote:

>On 2016-11-03 14:24, Gene Wirchenko wrote:

>> I have a routine that packs and reindexes all of the tables. I

>>have not needed anything more involved.

>> I do see some memo bloat. I have a table that stores

>>configuration data. When packed, the .fpt is 1280 bytes. I see from

>>the latest sent to me that it is up to 5,205,248 bytes. That is

>>bigger than the source code.

>Would the PACK do a reindex automatically? According to VFP Help

>(also here:

>https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/subscriptions/downloads/t2704cs4(v=vs.80).aspx

>): "If the current table has one or more indexes open, PACK

>rebuilds the index files."

>

>So your reindex, Gene, must be the EXPLICIT kind of reindex akin to

>Stonefield Database Toolkit or your own explicit INDEX Field TAG

>MyOrder commands. Otherwise, if you're just doing REINDEX, sounds

>to me like you're doing it twice. In fact, if you're running your

>own reindex, you may as well do a DELETE TAG ALL beforehand to avoid

>the double-work.

>????

I do not use reindex.

I decided to check. I found that I do the table pack before I

call the table's indexing routine. The indexing routines all had

delete tag all, but that is too late. I have added one to just

before the pack.

I had not caught this since my indexing runs fairly quickly.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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