database slower than death [FIXED]

I'm seeing a HUGE decrease in speed since I combined all information into one database.

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Originally Posted by MRC

I'm seeing a HUGE decrease in speed since I combined all information into one database.

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Try this:

- menu View - Preferences.
- switch to imaging tab
- check "Store covers in external files..." option and enter "0" in the edit box next to it.
- uncheck "Store thumbnails in the database"
- press OK.
- on the prompt that says "Database must be compacted once...", press Yes.

That should improve database performance.

Andrei

I thought it was a memory issue (not enough) on the older machine I use to store my cd data. This works wonders for speed for me too. Andrei, thanks for the tip.

Now that I have changed the imaging prefernces so that it is saved to an external file -- what is this "external file" called and where is it saved. I like to backup files to CD occassionally hopefully to prevent data loss in case of hard drive failure
Thanks

usually in the same folder as your database.
The foldername is eg "database_covers"

8) 8) 8)

that helped me as well

Fred