[Dxbase] Database size

[Joseph Glockner]

Chuck,

Tnx a million for that info!! Glad that the Access Maintainer 1.2.0
(Access 97 friendly) worked out for you!


73 Joe WA6AXE

Chuck Guenther wrote:
> Hi Joe,
> 
> It worked!  Thanks to your helpful e-mails and phone call, I now have my
> NI0C.mdb file shrunk to 6.21 MB-- very close to what you estimated.  Thanks
> for making Access Maintainer available, and for all your help.
> 
> 73 de Chuck  NI0C
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Joseph Glockner" <jglock2 at airmail.net>
> To: "Chuck Guenther" <ni0c at earthlink.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 10:44 AM
> Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Database size
> 
> 
> 
>>Chuck,
>>
>>If you wish to download a copy (ziped up file) of the Access Maintainer
>>program - you can do so from my website -- here is the LINK :
>>
>>
>>ftp://ftp.qsl.net/pub/wa6axe/am.zip
>>
>>
>>73 Joe WA6AXE
>>
>>Chuck Guenther wrote:
>>
>>>I'm using DXBase 2005 on an HP laptop.  I have an outboard 100MB Iomega
>>
> Zip drive, plus a 128MB flash memory device that connects to a USB port.
> These are used to back up my NI0C.mdb and .CO files.
> 
>>>I'm concerned about the rate of growth of my QSO log file.  It started
>>
> out at around 15 MB when I upgraded from DXBase 2004.  This was with about
> 5K qso's logged.  Now, only a couple hundred qso's later, the file is up to
> over 70MB.  The rate of growth of this file seems way out of proportion to
> the number of QSO's.  I am very frugal with adding QSL addresses and use few
> QSO notes.  Can anyone explain what is going on here?  How big can this file
> get? I am obviously nearing the limits of my back-up devices.  My CD drive
> is a read-only type. My only option seems to be to get a 256MB flash device
> and/or upgrade computers.
> 
>>>73 de Chuck  NI0C
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