Here is a great utility from a great Palm developer, the maker of Datebk6.
Enjoy! JLV Begin forwarded message: > From: CESDewar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: July 14, 2007 2:07:39 PM EDT > To: Palm PDA Mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Palm] DbFixIt - New repair utility for Palm OS Databases > Reply-To: Palm PDA Mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Just posting a note that I have now officially released DbFixIt > which is a new utility that detects and repairs errors in Palm OS > databases. It knows the structure of the PIM databases (both > traditional and proprietary) and should be capable of fixing all > errors, including the really nasty ones that instantly crash most > applications (such as pointers to invalid memory, missing data > chunk, etc.). It can also scan any generic database with a 'DATA' > type and can fix issues like duplicate unique ID's, etc. > > It also fixes the known bug in Palm's software that can cause HUGE > contacts databases - I ran DbFixIt on one user's contacts database > that was some 45mb in size (!), and it immediately reduced it to > some 750k without losing any valid data. This problem is due to > corrupt BLOBs (which may well have to do with the bug I reported in > Palm's Source code snippet that they provided to developers). The > corrupt BLOBs are preserved by all conduits, so hotsyncing back and > forth won't remove them. > > The utility is at: > http://www.PimlicoSoftware.com/dbfixit-v10h.zip > > This is a shareware app, but it will DETECT all errors in the > unregistered version and there is no expiration on it. Registered > versions include the logic to repair and fix the databases as well. > > Cheers! > CESD, Pimlico Software, Inc. > . . . > > _______________________________________________ > Palm mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://copilotconsulting.com/mailman/listinfo/palm > Be sure to also check out the PDA wiki at: http://thepdawiki.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
