On Nov 9, 2004, at 6:33 PM, Neil Schemenauer wrote:
> 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

Yep, calling commit() before does it... sorry about the trouble.

Thanks again, mario