Confession: We don't do this. We have the advantage of robot tasks running 24x7x365 to handle such trivia.
However, it seems like the proper solution to the stated problem. Emmitt Dove Manager, Converting Applications Development Evergreen Packaging, Inc. [email protected] (203) 214-5683 m (203) 643-8022 o (203) 643-8086 f [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Byerley Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 18:04 To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Strange problem? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Emmitt Dove" <[email protected]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 5:56 PM Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Strange problem? <snip> > If you want daily archives made, then write some code that executes "on > connect" to check and see if the day's archive has been made, and if not, > do > it. > I was wondering how many people utilize the ON CONNECT <do something> feature of RBase since it is working so wonderfully. I have utilized this since its inception and find it helps immeasurably to keep things in order. I am really fond of ON CONNECT RUN SELECT. Mike > > Emmitt Dove > > Manager, Converting Applications Development > > Evergreen Packaging, Inc. > > [email protected] > > (203) 214-5683 m > > (203) 643-8022 o > > (203) 643-8086 f > > [email protected] > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of MDRD > Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 17:46 > To: RBASE-L Mailing List > Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Strange problem? > > > > Hi Tony > > > > Thanks, I will check into that... I really think the error was between > their > ears! > > > > > > Marc > > > > > > > > From: A.G. IJntema <mailto:[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, April 26, 2010 4:34 PM > > To: RBASE-L Mailing List <mailto:[email protected]> > > Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: Strange problem? > > > > Hi, > > > > I have followed your discussion about the loss of data a little bit. > > Instead looking for a technical solution I have another suggestion. > > > > In all my applications I have a steering table which only contains just 1 > row and it keeps track of important data. > > For instance: Some reports are financial relevant and they contain a > sequence number which is incremented by one for every new report that is > created. Accountants love it, because they are able to check if all the > reports are there. Another thing you can do is add the report number to > the row which is reported. In this case you are able to reconstruct a > report > afterwards and it can be proven that financial data have not been changed > afterwards. Accountants love this feature even more as you can imagine. > > > > Another possibility is to keep track of the backup date and expand the > database name with a sequence number of the backup. In this way you > achieve > two goals. First the backup database is not usable without renaming it. > Secondly you always able to keep track if and when a backup has been made. > > > > Hope this view helps a little to tackle your problem. > > > > Regards > > > > Tony IJntema > > The Netherlands > > > > > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of MDRD > Sent: maandag 26 april 2010 15:06 > To: RBASE-L Mailing List > Subject: [RBASE-L] - Strange problem? > > > > > > Friday I had the 2nd user this year call and say that Rbase lost a weeks > worth of data. > > I am sure RBase had nothing to do with this and I explained that it is > impossible for a weeks worth of data to get deleted > > without corrupting the data base. The user said there were no errors on > Autochk. > > > > I told them it appears that somehow they connected to an older backup copy > of the data. They said they were missing > > Customers, transactions, recap stats everything from X date on. > > > > I explained how PK's, FK's .... and such I would have to delete the data > in > reverse order such as I can not delete a customer > > until I deleted their transactions because the data is linked... > > > > The user seemed to understand but is there any way I can prevent this or > make it easier to prove it was a staff error or computer > > error not an RBase error? > > > > Another strange problem, a user called and they had transactions in the > Daily table for customer 0 which does not exist in the > > customer table, there are PK's and FK's on those tables. I told them I > thought they had to have some kind of short on their network > > because we can't even enter a transaction for customer 0... so for it to > get > in there there was some kind of computer hiccup. > > > > The normal start up routine is to run Autochk, if it passes make a copy of > the DB files called Bck, then Zip them up with the day of the > > weeks name on it such as Monday.zip. Strange thing is they swear they do > this everyday yet some of those files were dated March 17. > > > > I am now going to add some code to check the date of those files and if > they > are too old give them a warning. > > > > Any suggestions? > > Marc > > > > > > > >
