Overpass API developpement

[Roland Olbricht <>]

Hi Michael,

> On 04/11/15 07:43, Roland Olbricht wrote:
> > You can edit the script that does the call to update_database and add
> > --flush-size=0
> > to the parameters of update_database. This parameter enforces that
> > update_database refrains from writing temporary files. I've no
> > experience whether that works or not and how much memory it will need,
> > but it is our best option out of the box here.
> I tried it again, with the newest version of overpass. The import
> process works fine, and it does not consume too much memory. But the
> result is strange:

A stable version of Overpass API should not print these numbers - these 
are for sure debug information. Could you please try with version 0.7.52 
or with the newest version from the minor_issues or master branch?

It might be necessary to recreate the database file. The error "cannot 
be expanded" says essentially that a newer version of the way has been 
written during database creation but is now gone from the file which 
means that the database file is broken.

Best regards,
Roland