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[Ruslan Zasukhin]

On 2/10/06 11:34 PM, "Don Toro" <don at thinkingpublications.com> wrote:

> Is there a way to preserve the RecIDs? One of my tables has a list of words.
> Now if the RecIDs of the records of the Words table change after the coversion
> from V1 to V2 that represent a problems. The user will be able to export data
> from the V1 database into the V2 database and vice-a-verca. When the user
> imports the data than the ObjectPtr will point to the wrong record in the
> Words table. The only way to get around this would be to keep my own ID which
> would be a problem this late in the game as it will require a change in the
> structure of the database. It would also require me to re-write parts of the
> program.
> 
> What if I use VStudio to dump the data into a xml file and then re-import the
> data to create a copy of database in V1 format and a copy in V2 format, will
> the RecIDs match then?

Don,

IF your 1.x db DO NOT have deleted records (I,e, wholes) then RecIDs in new
db will be the same.

I see your second letter with more details, will read now.
For now sounds something wrong in design.


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Best regards,

Ruslan Zasukhin
VP Engineering and New Technology
Paradigma Software, Inc

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