sqLite delete memory database

Phil Davis phil at pdslabs.net
Fri May 1 15:39:27 EDT 2020


Is there an LC function that clears trash from memory? Does "hasMemory"? 
If not, it seems like that would be a nice feature.

Phil Davis


On 5/1/20 12:25 PM, Tom Glod via use-livecode wrote:
> hmmm....you can try set the pragma to zero out flag (i am pretty sure there
> is one) .. and drop all tables on close?
>
> its strange that it does not 'delete' from memory.  Are we sure on
> this?..... is this dependent on the garbage collector in LC?
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> On Fri, May 1, 2020 at 7:14 AM JB via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
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>> I have been testing SQLite 3 using the command line interface and it
>> looks to me like SQLite is designed to securely delete the memory of
>> the database automatically after it closes the database.
>>
>> I could be wrong but if you can’t read the memory it is probably already
>> securely deleted when the database was closed.
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>> JB
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>>> On Apr 30, 2020, at 6:43 PM, Bob Sneidar via use-livecode <
>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>> I can create memory databases, but how do I delete it once created?
>> revdb_disconnect still leaves it in memory. revCloseDatabase is just a
>> synonym of revdb_disconnect.
>>> Bob S
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