Hi Paula Ford,
On Montag, 13. Dezember 1999 at 9:41:26 you wrote:
PF> On Monday, December 13, 1999, Thomas Fernandez wrote:
PF>>> Normally, I agree, but cancelling out of the purging of a database
PF>>> can be a very tricky business.
>> That may be. So, how about this: when you hit the Cancel button, the
>> current purge will still be performed and the "cancel" effective right
>> after?
PF> The original posters didn't want to wait for the purging to end. That
PF> was the point. :)
I'm the original poster and that isn't quite true ;) I had the purging
configured to run automatically at program end, but as it took too
much time, I switched it off again. I don't really care, as I can
easily start the process manually every one or two days. My question
was just whether there is any rational explanation of why the process
window has to be system modal (above all other windows), which keeps
me from continuing to work with other programs.
As to the difficulty of stopping the process... Some arguments:
1) I can even stop the defragmenting of my disc nowadays.
2) I hope there is some mechanism in the purging process that protects
me from complete data loss in the event my computer crashes during
the process. Maybe there isn't, but then there should definitely
be, given the amount of time the process takes. So this mechanism
could be used to make cancel the process anytime, too.
Oliver Sturm
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