Database Reference
In-Depth Information
Summary
In this chapter, you have learned three new optimization techniques that can be performed
to achieve optimal efficiency for file geodatabases. You worked with both spatial and at-
tribute indexing, and you learned when to use each efficiently. You also learned that over-
using indexing could cause a performance penalty if planned poorly. Then, you worked
with compression, which helps drastically reduce the geodatabase size and save plenty of
disk space. Finally, you learned how compacting can help speed up queries of a frequently
edited geodatabase. The next chapter will discuss some scripting and programming tech-
niques on how to manage and administer the geodatabase using the file geodatabase API.
