database slower than death [FIXED]

[MRC]

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

[andrei_c]

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

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

[GregWoz]

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.

[GregWoz]

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

[gino]

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

[frederf]

8) 8) 8)

that helped me as well

Fred