Comments on: Vacuum Firefox databases for better performance, now with no restart

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:43:22 +0000

BleachBit vacuums Firefox 3.6.

By: AbortRetry---> FFv3.6=EpicFail

AbortRetry---> FFv3.6=EpicFail — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:06:23 +0000

Here’s the correct one, copy the ENTIRE LINE, paste into Error Console from Tools dropdown menu within Firefox:

Components.classes["@mozilla.org/browser/nav-history-service;1"].getService(Components.interfaces.nsPIPlacesDatabase).DBConnection.executeSimpleSQL(“VACUUM”);

By the way, the above does NOT work with FireFox v3.6, it just sits there and does nothing, no error, no syntax issues, zip, just sits there, and in reply to the guy above, SpeedyFox does NOT shink your places file, it has nothing to do with this phishing database and all about MTU, browser chache and TCP tweakz, so your comment is OFF TOPIC.

Anyway, the latest build of FF v3.6 (available now from Mozilla) which I installed yesterday to WinVista as a test, now has a file called “urlclassifier3.sqlite” that has somehow inflated to 14.2 gigabytes?!? Anyone know how I might get that shrunken down to a more resonable size? This strange bloatfile is slowing down everything that is cool about FireFox.

It is located here: ~\AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\np147ohm.default

Traditionally, in FF v3.5 the “urlclassifier3.sqlite” never got any larger than 20-30 mb, it suddenly bloated itself like a cancerous biomass in my PC, and each time I close/open FF v3.6, it seems to expand by another gig or so, how is that possible?

For now, I’m going back to FireFox 3.5, more stable and without the baloon bloat plague affecting these critical files.

By: nonpyrogenic

nonpyrogenic — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:37:31 +0000

you need this small application speedyfox.exe find it w/ searchengine

By: Ray R.

Ray R. — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:57:46 +0000

I think all quotes need to be straight quotes. The quotes around VACUUM appear to be angled.

There are now add-ons that provide a nice user interface to vacuum Places. I use Vacuum Places Improved 1 available at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/13878

By: Jawwad

Jawwad — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:52:35 +0000

i paste this code in code bar >
Components.classes["@mozilla.org/browser/nav-history-service;1"].getService(Components.interfaces.nsPIPlacesDatabase).DBConnection.executeSimpleSQL(“VACUUM”);

but nothing is happen after clicking Evaluate ?? why ?

By: Alan

Alan — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:14:28 +0000

I get a “missing ; before command” error… !

By: Mohammad Khatib

Mohammad Khatib — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:32:33 +0000

Thanks! Keep the performance of Firefox up please!
This really helped!

By: Giulio

Giulio — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:24:58 +0000

Only works in FF3.5.
If yuo have a former version (3.0 or higher) you can use this howto to vacuum all the databases “manually”:
http://mozillalinks.org/wp/2009/07/vacuum-your-firefox-databases-for-better-performance/

By: Ray R.

Ray R. — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:15:52 +0000

Cirus,

I am getting a “You do not have access error” when trying to follow your provided link. Is there another way to get to that add-on?

By: xoc

xoc — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 00:55:54 +0000

I get:

Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80570018 (NS_ERROR_XPC_BAD_IID) [nsIJSCID.getService]” nsresult: “0×80570018 (NS_ERROR_XPC_BAD_IID)” location: “JS frame :: javascript:%20Components.classes["@mozilla.org/browser/nav-history-service;1"].getService(Components.interfaces.nsPIPlacesDatabase).DBConnection.executeSimpleSQL(“VACUUM”); :: :: line 1″ data: no]

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 07:28:32 +0000

WooHoo!.
I put that code into a “CustombuttonsÂ²”-button for easy access, works great!

By: Giulio

Giulio — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:23:03 +0000

EDIT: I just figured out that the trick only works with Firefox 3.5

By: Giulio

Giulio — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:35:50 +0000

Not working for me:

I’m running version 3.0.13 on Ubuntu Hardy Heron.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:58:31 +0000

Can this be adapted to work in Flock please?

By: MarsianMan

MarsianMan — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:54:53 +0000

Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE) [mozIStorageConnection.executeSimpleSQL]” nsresult: “0×80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE)” location: “JS frame :: javascript:%20Components.classes["@mozilla.org/browser/nav-history-service;1"].getService(Components.interfaces.nsPIPlacesDatabase).DBConnection.executeSimpleSQL(“VACUUM”); :: :: line 1″ data: no]

running: Components.classes["@mozilla.org/browser/nav-history-service;1"].getService(Components.interfaces.nsPIPlacesDatabase).DBConnection.executeSimpleSQL(“VACUUM”);

By: Andrew Z

Andrew Z — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:43:04 +0000

Some people may find vacuuming easier to do with BleachBit. It's simple clicking without any complex commands

By: Rob T.

Rob T. — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:16:07 +0000

I’m getting the following exception when I try to run this.

I’ve checked that I’ve got normal quotes.

When I try to break it down, the error is being thrown from the getService
Components.classes["@mozilla.org/browser/nav-history-service;1"].getService(Components.interfaces.nsPIPlacesDatabase)
‘
What am I doing wrong?

Thanks,
–Rob

By: Toby

Toby — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:21:54 +0000

I get “uncaught exception”:

By: Cirus

Cirus — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 08:15:59 +0000

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/statistics/addon/13878

A polished version of Vacuum Places, with automatic cleaning, periodic reminder and i18n

By: Zen @ ASUS Eee PC

Zen @ ASUS Eee PC — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:47:22 +0000

Nothing seems to be happening to my browser. Any ideas??

By: level

level — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 04:54:03 +0000

Vacuum Places :: Add-ons for Firefox
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/13824

By: leandro

leandro — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 18:08:34 +0000

Good post! My places.sqlite went from 23MB to 3,75MB !!!

By: Percy Cabello

Percy Cabello — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:32:15 +0000

Yeah, sorry about that. It’s fixed now and with the correct characters. Thanks for the head up all.

By: Ray R.

Ray R. — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:53:30 +0000

If you have the Console2 extension installed, the text box to the left of the “Evaluate” button is not IDed. Is this box the same as the “Code” box cited above?

By: Stan

Stan — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 10:11:35 +0000

Percy, the text from the main article is overlapping the links and history columns.