I'm confused a bit here folks.
Because while I wouldn't recommend it, I HAVE had many cases of multiple databases
with the same database name. The only problem was with programs that only search for
databases by name, but even then, there are enumeration functions that list all
databases of the same name.
Peter Epstein wrote:
> At 07:50 AM 2/8/2001, Steve Stover wrote:
> >Thanks for the info, Peter! I would have thought that separate creator Ids
> >for the application and the created database would have kept things
> >separate, but I guess not. Guess I still don't completely understand the
> >relationship and operation between the creator Ids and different database
> >names.
>
> Yeah, it seemed odd to me that you couldn't have two databases with the same name
>but different creator IDs, but that's the way it works.
>
> >You imply that I could keep multiple programs, or program groups, under one
> >"database" name. Or that I could share form resources between different
> >programs under one "database" name. I generally don't think of code as a
> >database resource! Is any of what you related in the documentation
> >somewhere, and I just missed it?
>
> You can only have on database with a given name, so no, you can't have two programs
>with the same database name. Code is stored in code resources on the palm, and these
>resources are combined with the other resources such as forms and buttons and such
>and together placed in a resource database with a name of your choosing. The
>important thing to remember is that this database should have a different name than
>the data database your application creates to store user entered data.
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> Peter Epstein
> Palm Inc. Developer
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