Here is a great utility from a great Palm developer, the maker of  
Datebk6.

Enjoy!

JLV

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> 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.
> .    .    .
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