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Re: Cleaning database

Within the application software we can identify records soft coded for deletion, a date of last activity, ask the users how long we need to keep inactive data ... like X years, then have simple stuff to purge those ancient records, followed by application reorgs with respect to records pointing across files, like detail and header records, history on dead orders, etc. and review file sizing ... some can be made smaller, with allowance for growth again as needed. 

Select files to tackle based on
* those eating lots of disk space
* those with high ration of dead records to good records
* those where there is a risk of "running out of numbers"
Don't forget software. For example upgrades may be in libraries in library list in front of the base software being upgraded, with multiple copies of some big programs. 


Hi

Which program/commands and whith which options (and which call orders) I
should use to clean database and reclaim storage/disk space? (something else
besides RGZPFM, RCLxxx)

Regards

Tomasz Skorza


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