Memory usage of DataTable

[Simone]

Problem:

If a datatable has 100 rows and use 1 MB of memory and then i use the
Clear() method and then
i refill the datatable with 10 rows. The memory usage of the DataTable is
still 1MB?
The Clear method frees memory usage of the datatable?

If i want to free the memory usage of the Datatable, i must destroy the
DataTable and wait for the GC to collect that?

By Simon.

 

[Chris Tacke, eMVP]

Are you actually running out of memory or just watching the memory usage?
If you're not seeing a problem don't worry about it. If you don't tell the
GC how to do its job, it won't tell you how to do yours.

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Co-founder
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[Simone]

Are you actually running out of memory or just watching the memory usage?

I see that my app sometimes increase memory usage of about 10KB during usage
of application and sometimes does not increase the memory usage.

Since i have only a Form and an object containing the DataTable in memory
why my app icrease memory uage?

Simon.

 

[Chris Tacke, eMVP]

Again, if you're not getting an error, don't worry about it. The GC will do
it's job when it feels it needs to, which doesn't always coincide with when
you're watching.

--
Chris Tacke
Co-founder
OpenNETCF.org
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