On Tue, 5 Aug 2003, Kyle R. Burton wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I just discovered an issue with mdb-export (it might be more pervasive
> in the library, I haven't dug too much further into the issue).
>
> I've created an mdb file, then edited it by changing the column names,
> or editing the cell data (not adding new rows, just editing existing data).
> After these edits, mdb-export prints an empty field for the edited cells.
> If, in MS Access, I run
>
> Tools->Database Utilities->Compact and Repair Database...
>
> mdb-export then shows the correct cell values.
>
> I didn't know if this was a known issue, I searched the mdbtools-dev list
> archive on sourceforge and didn't come up with any hits for 'compact',
> and there was nothing that I could see in the FAQ.
>
> I also didn't know if there was something in the file's structure/format
> that could point to where the new data is (I'm not at all fmailliar with
> the internal structures of the mdb file format - I've never even looked
> at it).
>
I've attached a patch to the 0.5rc2 release of mdbtools that fixes a large
handful of data handling problems. Could you try the attached patch
(apply and rebuild your programs)?
If you try this, let me know if it does/doesn't help you out.
David
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