Hi, Mark,
Thanks for the prompt reply. No performance issues and my file's not anywhere near being excessive. It was just more of a theoretical "gee, do we really need to keep ALL this stuff" type question. The database I manage at work which runs under uniVerse (a cousin of Pick) and it's is very good on accumulating data, getting rid of it, not so much. Still, that we can back up the whole thing on to just a little over 1 DVD [in ZIP archives] is a testament to the efficiency of the Pick structure. Basically it works like a spreadsheet, though one can have multiple values and even subvalues within a single "cell." Everything's variable-length data, so the data within each record will only use the space of the length of the data. This gets around the need for predefined field lengths. Anyway, before I go on and on...
Thanks,
AIMster
