On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 12:31 PM, Dan Covill <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 09/27/13 09:47 AM, Stephen Russell wrote: > >> Now they want to do same process for other company they started in same >> warehouse on a different belt. >> > > As I understand you, your first app works fine. When you create a new > database (dbc + tables) for the next company, it doesn't. > > It sounds to me like copying the data structures didn't make a complete > set of linkages. Remember, the DBC has links to the DBFs, but the DBFs > also have backward links to their DBC. In the same way, the CDX knows > which DBF it is the index for. I think there's an excellent chance that > the way these were copied left the links to the old Database in some > places. That's why you get the error when opening the file. > > The recommendation from Dave Crozier: > > Use <old Table> > Copy to <tablename> database <database Name> with cdx > Where tablename and database name are fully qualified paths > sounds like the right way to go. > > ------------------- Will be going back tonight on this one. Had system on one folder on the server which I copied to another one, changed the name of that folder. First was set on E: new one on K: Learned years ago that the LEtter drive that a dbc works under is important. -- Stephen Russell Sr. Analyst Ring Container Technology Oakland TN 901.246-0159 cell --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CAJidMYKdpw=eaOigZVQTUBsEChUVYj+UOs8XK=psudsn78k...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
