Matt,
Thanks, I'll give this a try.  This is a big help.
Regards,
Gary Boyles

-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Moore [mailto:MattM AT DATACOM.CO DOT NZ]
Sent: Thursday, April 08, 1999 8:35 PM
To: NV-L AT UCSBVM.UCSB DOT EDU
Subject: Re: Automatic Compression of NetView NT (Access) Database


Microsoft access has a command line compact option, but you must install
Access on the netview  machine first. In the Access help, search for
"command line" to see the options. You want the /compact option.

Regards,
Matt Moore
Datacom Network Services


>-----Original Message-----
>From:  Boyles, Gary P [SMTP:gary.p.boyles AT INTEL DOT COM]
>Sent:  Friday, 9 April 1999 02:51
>To:    NV-L AT UCSBVM.UCSB DOT EDU
>Subject:       Automatic Compression of NetView NT (Access) Database
>
>I'm using NetView on NT V5.1.1, and using the Access database.  One thing
>I've
>noticed, is that the event (tess) database tends to grow rather quickly,
and
>gets
>quite large.
>
>Now the standard MS Access "Compress" that you can do through the
>Control-Panel >> ODBC >> etc.  works just fine, but I was wondering if
>anyone
>knows of a "command-line" way of doing this... so that I could have it done
>automatically via a batch job.
>
>Thanks.
>
>Gary Boyles                     gary.p.boyles AT intel DOT com