[Zope-dev] ZODB & packing (Re: [Zope-dev] TIP: Must enable 'new' for FreeBSD Python 1.5.2 port to install PythonMethods)

[Loren Stafford]

Was I just dreaming, or did I see a message from DC saying that, since
release 2.1.?, ZODB is automatically packed "in the background".

-- Loren

----- Original Message -----
From: Lalo Martins <lalo@hackandroll.org>
To: <zope-dev@zope.org>
Sent: February 18, 2000 03:08 PM
Subject: [Zope-dev] ZODB & packing (Re: [Zope-dev] TIP: Must enable 'new'
for FreeBSD Python 1.5.2 port to install PythonMethods)


> On Fri, Feb 18, 2000 at 03:58:26PM -0700, Bill Anderson wrote:
> > Lalo Martins wrote:
> > >
> > > On Fri, Feb 18, 2000 at 10:57:37PM +0200, Petru Paler wrote:
> > > >
> > > >    As a side note. *Don't* use BannerFolder's counters. You will get
the
> > > > banner copied for each impression :-/
> > >
> > > Not really. ZODB is smarter than that. The set of properties is
> > > copied, not the image. (AFAIK)
> >
> > Hmm ... this could explain the moderate growth of my Data.fs.
> >
> > Packing removed the 'older versions' apparently, if this was indeed the
> > cause.
>
> Yes. As I'm using BannerFolder quite heavily, I acquired the
> habit of packing weekly. It usually drops size by about 80%,
> and this considering that I only delete objects older than 7
> days.
>
> > I don't suppose there is a way for an object to remove any previous
> > versions programmatically?
>
> This is a good question.
>
> But even if there isn't, you can program a cron job to pack
> your database - look for my Zope/Cron Howto.
>
> []s,
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