Jan,
Since Cathy Grimes is using 9.5 (32), it would be .RB1, .RB2, .RB3, and .RB4.
Very Best R:egards,
Razzak
At 08:23 PM 12/31/2017, jan johansen wrote:
... except version 9.5 should be *.RX?
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From: Larry Wilson <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2017 17:06:24 -0500
Subject: Re: [RBASE-L] - One last question, if possible
Cathy,
IF you really want to confirm date, time and
file size changes here is a sure method.
Make certain that you have a current backup of your database.
#1 - exit to the R> prompt
#2 - R> dir *.RB?
make not fo the date. time and file sizes
#3 - R> Disconnect
#4 - R> Set Multi Off
#5 - R> Pack
#6 - R> Dir *.RB?
make note of the date, time and file sizes - they should have changed
Reconnect to your database
Hope this helps and gives you comfort.
Larry
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On Sun, Dec 31, 2017 at 12:52 PM, Cathy Grimes
<<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote:
Thank you, Albert. The date and time does not
change no matter what I do, or when I make any changes.
The file sizes not changing is what concerns me
most. I have not been creating new databases
or tables, but regularly edit the data and
create and/or edit reports….but still no file
size change (or date change) at all.
Hopefully, since I don’t seem to be losing my
changed data, the static file sizes are not
affecting the integrity of the database. But it
would really ease my mind if I could find out how to fix it.
Cathy
From:
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[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Albert Berry
Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2017 9:33 AM
To: <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]
Subject: Re: [RBASE-L] - One last question, if possible
The date/time is last connection time, not the time you disconnected, I think.
I don’t think you need to change the dates. When
you disconnect and reconnect, the date/time will
be updated to the time of connection.
File sizes, on the other hand, should change as
you manipulate the data and the database files are saved.
Albert
On Dec 31, 2017, at 9:20 AM, Cathy Grimes
<<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote:
Thank you, Buddy, for taking the time to
respond. I am the only user so no one else in
the database ever. I’m not sure what you mean
by R:Base possibly considering the database as
being out of sync, but I’ve had no problems
accessing the database, making changes, etc.,
then having the changes (ones I’ve checked)
still there after I’ve exited, updated the
dates, then re-accessed. I do check my back-up
drive periodically to make sure that all 4 of
the data files are copied after I’ve forced a date change.
Because I do manually update the dates and copy
the files every couple of days, that should
accomplish the same end result as your schedule
task suggestion – it just takes me a few seconds
each time (even if it is annoying to have to do
this). That is a good thing, because I would
have no idea how to create a schedule task. My
tech guy set up Acronic True Image in the
separate back-up hard drive, and I have
periodically have problems with that working properly.
I guess I just wanted to be assured that my
database is still ok with my manual updating,
especially since the file sizes do not change at all when I update them.
Cathy
From:
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[<mailto:[email protected]>mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of Buddy Walker
Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2017 7:56 AM
To: <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]
Subject: RE: [RBASE-L] - One last question, if possible
Cathy
I believe the date will change when everyone
is disconnected from the database. Also I would
be careful about forcing a new date because
R:Base may see this as the database being out of SYNC.
The auto backup looking at dates may not
backup up all 4 database rx files. I would
suggest using something like a schedule task
that would start R:Base and then copy all 4
files to a backup area. I did this in the past.
I would copy the database files at noon
(limited activity) and then at 5:00pm and then
the normal daily backup at 11:00pm
Buddy
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[<mailto:[email protected]>mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of Cathy Grimes
Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2017 10:10 AM
To: <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]
Subject: [RBASE-L] - One last question, if possible
I hope it’s ok if I ask one more question that
has been driving me crazy (as an end user, also
the buyer of R:Base). I was so happy to have my
only other main R:Base problem fixed by Razzak so quickly and easily.
When I last upgraded to R:Base Extreme 9.5(32),
the file Attributes suddenly stopped changing,
i.e., the date modified never changes, and RB1
through RB4 never changes size (no matter how
many rows I add or changes I make).
Because I have auto back-up drive that backs up
changes only, it will not back-up my R:Base data
files unless I do it manually. I found a
program that will automatically update the date
changes to current (if I mark and select those
each time), but it does NOT change the size of
any of the RB1 through RB4 files. My data
always seems to be there, but I’m worried that the file sizes are static.
Thank you. Cathy
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