Doesn't it also purge record which have the delete bit set? I haven't tested that, but that's the impression I get from the documentation. I do notice that "deleting" a record does not reclaim its index, so a HotSync might move at what index your records are, eh?
--- Brian Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 3 Feb 2003, Eric Potter wrote: > > > I have a database that I want hotsync to backup. I > don't need any > > special handling so I just set the backup bit. I > need to know what > > modification the system makes to the database when > it is backed up and > > if there is a way to prevent these changes from > happening. > > As far as I can tell, it sets the last backup time > to what the current > time is. Why would you want to prevent this? > > The only way that the data in the database would be > changed during HotSync > were if you were doing something besides just > backing it up (conduit > operating on it, installing new version, etc.). > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Brian Smith // avalon73 at arthurian dot nu // > http://www.arthurian.nu/ > Software Developer // Gamer // Webmaster // > System Administrator > You're just jealous 'cause the voices talk to me... > > -- > For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, > or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
