sonyboy wrote: This is used for database backup, if the database(sql) file that you backup is too big, this is what come in to compress and make it smaller in size, to use this your host need to support gzip, but even if you turn on and your host doesn't support, it doesn't matter.
flogger12 wrote: it is also a compression method that can be used for the database files to make them smaller like zip does.
robert
delicata wrote:flogger12 wrote:it is also a compression method that can be used for the database files to make them smaller like zip does.
robert
And can a GZIPped file be opened with Winzip?
flogger12 wrote: yes, winzip will open them, it does it a little differently, it will ask you if you want to uncompress the file to a temp directory and show the contents, and you just say yes.
robert
flogger12 wrote:sonyboy wrote:This is used for database backup, if the database(sql) file that you backup is too big, this is what come in to compress and make it smaller in size, to use this your host need to support gzip, but even if you turn on and your host doesn't support, it doesn't matter.
this is not quite correct, gzip compresses the data as it moves back and forth from the server to the browser, it will help a busy large board move faster.
it is also a compression method that can be used for the database files to make them smaller like zip does.
robert
Teletran One wrote: Alright, so for safety I should leave it off?
I'm scared I might blow it up.
flogger12 wrote: yes, winzip will open them, it does it a little differently, it will ask you if you want to uncompress the file to a temp directory and show the contents, and you just say yes.