title: h2.db file keeps growing
body: <p>We're using H2 database (persistent) embedded within our application. </p>
  
  <p>Even after we delete the tables, the h2.db file keeps growing. </p>
  
  <p>We tried disabling transaction isolation (LOCK_MODE=0), disabled the query log  (TRACE_LEVE_FILE=0), disabled the undo log, but nothing helps. </p>
  
  <p>Is <a href="http://www.h2database.com/html/features.html#compacting" rel="nofollow">compacting</a> the only option? Compacting will need restart of the DB which we cannot do. </p>