Fw: Re:[Dxbase] Database size

[Sanford Ardern]

 Subject: Re: Re:[Dxbase] Database size


> Joe
>    OOPS!!    There is one problem doing it this way that I had noticed 
> before but forgot.   You lose your 'Callsign Notes' in the summary window. 
> Do you know if this normally happens when you shrink the .mdb file using 
> the other methods?
>    Sandy     W4DUP
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Sanford Ardern" <w4dup at frontiernet.net>
> To: "Joseph Glockner" <jglock2 at airmail.net>; "DXbase Reflector" 
> <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 9:29 PM
> Subject: Re:[Dxbase] Database size
>
>
>> Joe
>>    Going on the logic of doing ADIF imports into DXB2005 I have EXPORTED 
>> my W4DUP.mdb as
>> ADIF from my log program as W4DUP2.adi.  Then IMPORTED the .adi file back 
>> as W4DUP2.MDB and the size shrinks from 106038 KB to 15126 KB - about a 7 
>> to 1 ratio.   In other words to me it looks like the exact same thing as 
>> IMPORTING from the old DXbase 5.0 (ADIF).  The two logs  - W4DUP.mdb and 
>> W4DUP2.mdb are identical, including Notes etc as far as I can tell.  Is 
>> there a reason not to shrink the .mdb this way?   Maybe there's something 
>> I'm not thinking of but it seems to be giving a perfect import every 
>> time.
>>    Off the subject but---- I got my Address Bar back in XP.  Found out 
>> that it's a common problem.
>>
>>    Sandy     W4DUP
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