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A.J. Angel
July 24th, 2007, 01:13
What's better? http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u303/axljayangel/Smileys/phpBB%20Smileys/icon_confused.gif Thanks for your answers in advance! http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u303/axljayangel/Smileys/phpBB%20Smileys/icon_smile.gif
Harry Plotter
July 24th, 2007, 04:47
Gzip compression only compress the .sql dimension.. i think
Troy1
July 24th, 2007, 11:07
I'm a big fan of Gzip but it depends on your situation.
Decker
July 24th, 2007, 12:15
Down to server load really, it's not much, use it if possible.

It's just like ZIPing a file, compresses it in size before transfer.

If you only have a small DB then it makes no odds, for large DB's use it if your download speed is low or limited transfer amount on your hosting.

Basically I can't think of a good reason not to use it :)
krakjoe
July 24th, 2007, 17:08
Basically I can't think of a good reason not to use it :)

If you can you should ......
Chris L.
July 24th, 2007, 17:44
wait, what?
Decker
July 24th, 2007, 17:46
If you can you should ......
For a forum or the like it's not always a good idea Joe, but a simple backup download no reason not too :-)
A.J. Angel
July 25th, 2007, 00:47
Well for now, I'm on a free host but whenever I could afford my own server, I'd like to transfer it. Besides, it is also because I'd be making backups just in case there is any problem with the host's servers. Not to mention that I'd at least have something to continue from instead of starting back from scratches if the host ever took his legs to his neck and runaway...

So from what you guys say, it depends on the speed of my connection? If it's fast, I don't need Gzip, if it's not, it is better to use it then? http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u303/axljayangel/Smileys/phpBB%20Smileys/icon_confused2.gif
Decker
July 25th, 2007, 12:14
More or less, if your pulling a full DB backup and its big use gzip as it will be a whole lot quicker importing it again too :)
A.J. Angel
July 26th, 2007, 00:35
More or less, if your pulling a full DB backup and its big use gzip as it will be a whole lot quicker importing it again too :)

Okay, cool! Thanks for the tips guys! http://www.freewebspace.net/forums/images/icons/icon12.gif
Decker
July 26th, 2007, 00:43
Almost think your on the pickup you ;)
A.J. Angel
July 26th, 2007, 08:31
Almost think your on the pickup you ;)

What do you mean? I'm not sure to understand... http://www.freewebspace.net/forums/images/icons/icon11.gif