Question

I have a Sqlite database file that i modify it by dropping a huge database table that contains thousands of records but the file size remains as it before dropping the table. it seems that it disconnect pointers to data . any ideas how to drop table and make a deep deletion of it in the underlying sqlite file .??

Answer 1

To reclaim space, use the vacuum statement.

From a sqlite prompt

sqlite> VACUUM;

From a shell prompt.

$ sqlite3 filename 'VACUUM;'