Re: [pilot-db-list] Problems after Restore

[Lawrence S. <spr...@ya...>]

I use link fields a lot and have found this too.
The problem stems from the techniques used to set up the link.
DB uses a LIST database, refered to in the documentation as 'chooser
database'. This file is called DBdatabases.pdb and is NOT set to
backup. Nor is it easy to set the backup bit for this file. You need
to use a file utility such as "filez" or "gentleman" to even see the
file.
If you restore this file after the databases, it may work, but I
haven't tried that yet.

The problem is that DB stores only the 'DB Chooser ID' in the
database. The file name linked to is only stored in the
DBchooserDatabase. 

This way, any time you restore a database or upgrade the DB engine
the unique IDs can change resulting in broken links.

I hope that a future version will add the file name to the Link Field
Data Chunk.
--- Kaldewey Malte <Mal...@pd...> wrote:
> Hello,
> I've build a master db. In these db are some fields, who where
> linked to
> some sub db's. All works fine. But every time after a restore or an
> new
> installation of all db's (master and sub db) the links where lost.
> Is it a
> handling problem by myself or a bug? When it is my problem, which
> files must
> be saved or restored?
> 
> With best regards
> 
> Malte Kaldewey
> 
> 
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