[V4MD] / [ALL] orphaned segments in text field

[Martin Kloss]

At 22:28 30.09.2003 +0300, you wrote:
> > example, I have 68 records. When I create a 69th record and
> > then immediately delete it afterwards, I get:
> >
> > VarChar field corrupted (351)
>
>Argh!...

Right :-)

> > (!) Minor problem: exists 8 orphan segments.(indicate mistake in 
> algorithm.)
> > What does it mean? How can I fix it and how does it happen?
>
>This can happens if you
>
>1)
>     fldText = assign some value
>
>     and DO NOT do cursor.UpdateRecord() on some reason.
>     I have see a couple of times that developer do
>     UpdateRecord() by IF(). This is not correct.

I don't use UpdateRecord() at all, nowhere in my code,
I just use sql INSERT and UPDATE statement with binded values.

>----------
>2)
>     you have made
>
>     fldText = assign some value
>     cursor.UpdateRecord()
>
>But cursor was read only. So update is not executed, but your data left in 
>file.

Again, there is no cursor.UpdateRecord() in my code.
What else can it be then? The client said he did not get any
errors at all when saving the record.

Is there a chance I can fix it? If so, how?

Martin.


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