Re: [Pythoncard-users] Record deletion bug in flatfileDatabase

[Andy T. <an...@ha...>]

Simon Hibbs wrote:
> The deleteRecord method in the Document class doesn't
> update self.documentChanged. If you open a database
> and only delete records, the file won't be updated,
> even if you do an explicit save, because the save
> method checks self.documentChanged and does nothing if
> it's set to zero.
> 
> If you delete some records, but also add some new records,
> adding the new records causes sel.documentChanged to be
> updated and the deletions 'stick'.
> 
> Only one line of code needs to be added. Here's the fixed
> method, up to the new line:
> 
>     def deleteRecord(self):
>         # should probably do a dialog here to give the user
>         # a chance to cancel
>         if self.current != -1:
>             del self.records[self.current]
>             self.documentChanged = 1 # Bug fix
> .....
> 
> Is this the right list for bug reports? If not, where do I
> take this?
> 
> 
> Simon
> 

Fixed in CVS, thanks for the notification. Yes this is the right place 
to report bugs, even more so when you provide a solution ;-)

Regards,
Andy
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