Hi Gavin You probably refer to DmFindDatabase, that doesn't require creator ID.
Do you really want me to be honest ? I think is just a Palm design fault, you should require creator ID for this command, otherwise it is illogical, given that I can't see a way to get to the next one, if there are any. BTW, is it possible to have two data bases with same name, but different CRIDs ? Rergards, Michael -----Original Message----- From: Gavin Maxwell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, 30 November 2001 1:54 PM To: Palm Developer Forum Subject: RE: Creator ID and stuff But without the addition of a CRID the name of a db is not guaranteed to be unique. You can end up with one database overwriting an existing one. Or an app trying to create a db, and finding that it already exists - then it tries to read/write from it only to die horribly when the structure is not what's expected. Using the CRID as part of the name obviously avoids this problem. Not many developers do this though (myself included sometimes!) - but it becomes an issue moving forward to devices with more storage, therefore more apps, and more chance of collisions in the name space. Gavin. -----Original Message----- From: Michael Glickman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, 30 November 2001 1:34 PM To: Palm Developer Forum Subject: RE: Creator ID and stuff For me having CRID as a part of DB name doesn't make sense at all Remeber last Joe's question regarding add-ins ? I can have add-ins for my app, and filter them out by type+creator - this is really cool, dupplication or CRID is just waste of space, given that CRID is stored anyway. Michael -----Original Message----- From: Bradly J. Barton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, 30 November 2001 1:22 PM To: Palm Developer Forum Subject: Re: Creator ID and stuff I prefer prepending... CRID-DatabaseName .. if an application has more than one, it makes them easier to locate in the backup directory on the desktop... of course, having said that, I can admit that I haven't always followed my own advice. :) ---------- Bradly J. Barton - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jenies Technologies Incorporated (972) 602-1835 http://www.JTI.net http://HandAble.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gavin Maxwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 7:44 PM Subject: RE: Creator ID and stuff > You should use a unique CRID for *every* application you write. The CRID is > used to associate databases to applications. If you have databases from "a > different" application, but have the same CRID then things can get messy > very quickly. Especially when deleting applications etc... > > Also to ensure uniqueness of database names you should append (or prepend) > the CRID to the database name. Eg "MyDbName-CRID". This has been hashed over > on multiple occasions previously. A search of the archives will reveal > much... > > > Gavin. > > -----Original Message----- > From: DavidK [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, 30 November 2001 12:36 PM > To: Palm Developer Forum > Subject: Creator ID and stuff > > > Greetings, > > I have reserved a creator ID for my application. What other parts are there > to customize. > > I mean do I use the same creator ID for all apps where some other identifier > is unique. > > What should I be aware of? > > Thanks in advance, > > Dave > > > > -- > For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, > please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/ > > -- > For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/ -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/ -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/ -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/ -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
