Thanks for the help Bruce! I will let it run, hopefully it will straighten itself out. I'm glad you pointed that out... at first I thought I was the only one who received that message! -Rachel
Bruce Richards wrote: > Sorry, I don't know much about mac's but I would still wait as long as you > can before forcing it to stop. As far as the message from Milen Kolev I > think you need an attitude adjustment. I don't think this is the place for > such language. > > Thank you, > > Bruce E. Richards > IS Specialist > Garten Services, Inc > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rachel Walden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 12:43 PM > To: TechRocks Support > Subject: [support] RE: uh-oh... > > Mac OS 9.1 > > Bruce Richards wrote: > > > Rachel, > > I would wait as long as you can before forcing it > to end its task. > > The chance of data corruption is much higher if you force > the it to stop. > > But the chance is already there that the damage has > already been done. What > > OS are you running? > > > > Thank you, > > > > Bruce E. Richards > > IS Specialist > > Garten Services, Inc > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rachel Walden > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 12:35 PM > > To: TechRocks Support > > Subject: [support] RE: uh-oh... > > > > Thanks Bruce. I am able to do other > things, just more slowly > > than usual. I'd say it's been running for 30 minutes or > more, though. We do > > have a gigantic database, > > but the dupe check I had run earlier only > took a few > > minutes. Any thoughts on what will happen if I force quit? > I'm wondering if > > I will need to go to a backup, or > > if the data might be okay... > > Rachel > > > > Bruce Richards wrote: > > > > > Rachel, > > > I'm no ebase pro by any means > but computers I can > > hold my own. I > > > would just wait and see if it completes > what ever > > computations it's > > > performing. If not then you only have > one course of > > action and that's the > > > one you mentioned you didn't want to do. > Do you have the > > ability to do any > > > thing on the system? Like can you do > something else while > > ebase is doing > > > its thing? If not then I would be > afraid that the system > > has locked up and > > > you only have one course of action. > Sorry I can't be more > > help. > > > > > > Thank you, > > > > > > Bruce E. > Richards > > > IS > Specialist > > > Garten > Services, Inc > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > -----Original > Message----- > > > From: Rachel Walden > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Tuesday, October > 02, 2001 12:00 PM > > > To: TechRocks > Support > > > Subject: > [support] uh-oh... > > > Importance: High > > > > > > I ran a loose dupe check > in ebase. I was > > going through the > > > duplicate > > > records when I came > across a record that I > > wanted to delete. > > > It was > > > listed as the primary > record for a > > household, however. I > > > attempted to > > > change the primary > person to the other > > person, at which > > > point the dupe > > > check started to run > again. My screen is > > blank except for > > > saying > > > "names_.102 " in the bar > at the top, and > > sometimes I see the > > > scroll > > > arrows on the side. i > see the blinking > > symbol that indicates > > > it's doing > > > something, but that is > all that has been > > happening for 15 > > > minutes. It > > > won't even let me quit > out of it, and I'm > > afraid to > > > force-quit out. What > > > to do??? > > > Thanks, > > > Rachel > > > > > > ------------------ > > > Reminder to each > recipient: To change your > > list account > > > preferences, go to > > > > > http://email.sparklist.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=support > > > and enter the email address you used to > subscribe to the > > ebase support > > > list:: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > To unsubscribe send a > blank email to > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ebase - Relationship > Management for > > Nonprofits, > > > http://www.ebase.org > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > ------------------ > > > Reminder to each recipient: To change > your list account > > preferences, go to > > > > http://email.sparklist.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=support > > and enter the email address you used to subscribe to the > ebase support > > list:: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ebase - Relationship Management for > Nonprofits, > > http://www.ebase.org > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > ------------------ > > Reminder to each recipient: To change your > list account > > preferences, go to > > > http://email.sparklist.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=support > > and enter the email address you used to subscribe to the > ebase support > > list:: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ebase - Relationship Management for > Nonprofits, > > http://www.ebase.org > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > ------------------ > > Reminder to each recipient: To change your list account > preferences, go to > > http://email.sparklist.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=support > and enter the email address you used to subscribe to the ebase support > list:: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ebase - Relationship Management for Nonprofits, > http://www.ebase.org > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------ > Reminder to each recipient: To change your list account > preferences, go to > http://email.sparklist.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=support > and enter the email address you used to subscribe to the ebase support > list:: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > ebase - Relationship Management for Nonprofits, > http://www.ebase.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------ > Reminder to each recipient: To change your list account preferences, go to > http://email.sparklist.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=support and enter the email >address you used to subscribe to the ebase support list:: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > ebase - Relationship Management for Nonprofits, http://www.ebase.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------ Reminder to each recipient: To change your list account preferences, go to http://email.sparklist.com/scripts/lyris.pl?enter=support and enter the email address you used to subscribe to the ebase support list:: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ebase - Relationship Management for Nonprofits, http://www.ebase.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------
