Is there a way to pre allocate my SQLite database to a certain size? Currently I’m adding and deleting a number of records and would like to avoid this over head at create time.
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Is there a way to pre allocate my SQLite database to a certain size? Currently I’m adding and deleting a number of records and would like to avoid this over head at create time.
There is a hack – Insert a bunch of data into the database till the database size is what you want and then delete the data. This works because:
Naturally, this isn’t the most reliable method. (Also, you will need to make sure that auto_vacuum is disabled for this to work). You can learn more here – http://www.sqlite.org/lang_vacuum.html