On Tue, Nov 09, 2004 at 06:25:07PM +0100, Mario Ruggier wrote:
> Have I completely misunderstood pack() ?
> Can anyone clarify ?

Hi Mario,

Calling pack() implies an abort().  Check out the pack method in
connection.py:

    def pack(self):
        """Clear any uncommited changes and pack the storage."""
        self.abort()
        self.storage.pack()

So, you need to call commit() before calling pack().  Note that
packing is only necessary to free up disk space.  It does not change
what is visible to the application.  We normally pack our databases
once a week.

Hope that helps,

  Neil