Subject Re: DBT CORRUPTED FILE - increase dimension to giga bytes
From Ken Mayer <dbase@nospam.goldenstag.net>
Date Mon, 19 Mar 2018 11:30:55 -0700
Newsgroups dbase.getting-started

On 3/19/2018 10:50 AM, fulvio wrote:
> I cannot attach a file as it is too enormous. For unknown reasons a DBT file increased in volumes up to more than a giga byte; the normal size of the DBT file I use on my old DBIV program is around sono KB. It is an old program developed in the 90's.   I wonder if there is any solution for resizing the corrupted file and eliminate those errors.

One thing to try as a starter:

First, back up the files -- the .DBF, .MDX and .DBT files.

Then in the dUFLP, is a file:

FixDBF7.prg

Try running that on the table.

Another possible solution:

use tablename excl
pack
use

This will remove deleted records, including anything associated in a
memo file.

Ken


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