I was just talking to the boys upstairs and He says...

[Holly Bogossian]

I completely agree. Personally, I use the 4 files. There are many 
reasons why but to put it in a word, I would say "Flexibility."  But 
if the boys upstairs want to know how, I'll tell them!
--holly

>The problem with one file for a database is that the index is stored 
>with the data in the same file.
>If you have to destroy the index, you destroy the data.
>One quick way to force valentina to re-index, is to destroy the 
>index files and have it build new index files.
>Index files in databases have a tendency to corrupt.
>Actually, our experience is that Valentina is more reliable than say 
>Acces from MS. Even indices on MS SQL have corrupted.
>I'd re-consider "only one". I think you'll find that over time, this 
>might cause more maintenance problems for you.
>
>Gunnar
>Practice To Pass
>
>8/9/04 1:37:51 PM, jda <jda at his.com> wrote:
>
>>>You can. Just specify the Mode = 1 when creating the database. This
>>>is an optional parameter so if nothing is specified, it defaults to
>>>4 which creates the 4 separate files. I don't know which Valentina
>>>you are using but here is an example in Director:
>>>     CreateDatabase(gMyDataBase, the moviePath & "databaseName.vdb", 1)
>>>I would think there would be a similar way in any other Valentina 
>>>application.
>>>--holly
>>>
>>>>Why can't  we just have a single database without all the hassle
>>>>of those cumbersome extra files version 2.0. they seem totally
>>>>unnecessary.  I just want a database that works and is solid.
>>>>One file one database.
>>>>
>>
>>I think the original email was meant for the betas list, not this
>>one. Valentina 2.0 apps require a lot of support files...
>>
>>Jon
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>
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