Re: Compression of data

Igor Bujna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> i have DB whith big size of entry(data is about 1,5kb,and it's only
> text).
> I use compression for db->read and db->put for this DB. I use 'zlib'
> compression, but this compression use 90b for header, and this
> comp.method is better for bigger entry.i want ask if exist better
> compression method or library for compress entry about 1kb.

The compression used by the executable packer 'upx' available for
several platforms is available as a library quite similar to libz:

        http://www.oberhumer.com/opensource/lzo/

Or maybe you should just re-consider the data format itself: if it
zips that well, odds are it's not a good choice of representation of
the actual information contained in it.  A true binary representation
may be a better choice.

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