V4RB Import/Export

[Ruslan Zasukhin]

on 11/30/03 5:00 AM, Cindy Brown at cindy at kowhaiprogramming.com wrote:

Hi Cindy,
 
> I am trying to utilise the import/export facility to allow customers to fix
> their databases from within the program. XML dump does not work because if
> their is an error such VARChar -351, the XML dump fails. Exporting each
> baseobject's data, removing the .dat, .ind and .blb files, recreating the
> database and then importing each exported file, fixes the database and it
> works fine.

Hmm, usually XML DUMP is robust enough to resist such problems.
Although in some hard cases it can fail probably.


> The problem is this, my ID code is made up of characters up to 128
> (excluding normal problem characters such as right arrow, etc.) but the
> export/import facility does not export and import some of these characters
> correctly. In fact, it leaves them out altogether. Is this a problem with
> valentina or is there some other method I could use to accomplish this fix.
> 
> Looking forward to hearing from you.

What type of this ID field ?

I can assume that NOT ALL ASCII chars can present in the text document.
(BTW, this fact can also affect XML dump)

Try export into COMA separated file.
Valentina add then quotes around of strings.

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Best regards,
Ruslan Zasukhin      [ I feel the need...the need for speed ]
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