Turning compression on

[Ivan Smahin]

Hello jda,

Friday, February 4, 2005, 9:13:03 PM, you wrote:

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>>j> In my project, in the baseobject declaration, I add this line:
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>>j>         abstract.isCompressed = true
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>>j> When I run it, the old db opens fine.
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>>j> But if I do it this way
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>>j>        abstract = CreateTextField("abstract", 128, EVFlag.fCompressed
>>j> + EVFlag.fNullable + EVFlag.fIndexed + EVFlag.fIndexByWords)
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>>j> I get a nil object error when I run try to open the db.
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>>j> Moreover, if I make a new db and try to create a new record  -> crash.
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>>j> So, should we avoid the EVFlag.fCompressed flag and use
>>j> isCompressed=true after the field has been created? Or should I
>>j> report this (minor) issue on Mantis?
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>>It's fixed already - just a couple days ago.
>>(id=370)
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j> Thanks for the info, Ivan. BTW, is one way better than the other (the
j> flag vs. the boolean after the field is created)?

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I think here is no difference which way you choose.
But in case of the "flag" - you set all properties at once. So it seems
to be more preferable way.

BTW - our test for compress not-empty text-field is passed well.

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 Ivan                            mailto:IvanSmahin at public.kherson.ua