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 Opening databases
 
 XML and GEDCOM databases require all data to be held in memory. GRAMPS' native grdb format does not. Thus, a database with a grdb 
 format can access data quicker and more efficiently.
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More quickly access the disk than memory? I don't think so. But maybe this option goes away with the new Family Tree Manager anyway?
--[[User:Dsblank|Dsblank]] 07:21, 10 September 2007 (EDT)
:The reason this is faster is due to the fact that a database has indexes, and the other format do not. [[User:Bmcage|bmcage]] 03:52, 11 September 2007 (EDT)

:I think the original comment refers to large files/databases. If you are loading a huge xml or gedcom file into memory then it can fill the whole physical memory leading to swapping. A database will scale better with large data volumes. --[[User:Gburto01|Gburto01]] 05:41, 11 September 2007 (EDT)


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 If a family tree contains archives (snapshots of previous version), you will be able to open them too by the same procedure.


This is not what [[Database_Formats#The_Future_-_GRAMPS_3.0]] says. And as my current GRAMPS 3.0 won't display the Archive button, I can't try it out. Has the design changed?
--[[User:Annej|Annej]] 07:15, 11 September 2007 (EDT)
:To see the archive button you must have RCS installed. I just quickly added extra sections in the page so as not to forget that this must be added from memory. [[Database_Formats#The_Future_-_GRAMPS_3.0]] is more correct, I did not notice I could copy paste. I see you updated the page in the meantime, good work! [[User:Bmcage|bmcage]] 10:26, 11 September 2007 (EDT)