DIAMOND JEFF wrote in message <39165@palm-dev-forum>...
>
>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.
Not at the same time, you didn't.
Perhaps you only -thought- that you had multiple databases with the same
name. One of the recommended practices is for an application to prepend
it's creator code to the name of all databases it creates ... so "My Stuff"
for app "ABCD" would not really have the same name as "My Stuff" for app
"WXYZ". One would really be named "ABCD-My Stuff" and the other would be
"WXYZ-My Stuff". Of course, when the "ABCD" app showed you the list of
databases it could open, it would quietly remove the prefix. To really see
the names being used you should use a utility like ZarfCatalog. But let me
assure you of one thing: the database name MUST be unique in and of itself.
Creator ID and type are _not_ used by the operating system to provide
multiple namespaces. (Although it would be nice if they were now, wouldn't
it?)
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