Import data - problems

[Greg Olson-Hyde]

On 25/08/2009, at 11:00 AM, Barry G. Sumpter wrote:

> And doubles the frustration when learning a new DB as well.

Hi Barry,

Thanks for your help - 'frustration' certainly is the key word at this  
stage.

I have been importing various records to see if I can locate the  
problems - the problems seem to be random - sometimes it imports and  
other times it doesn't - I have tried importing just one field,  then  
only some of the data, sometimes yes, sometimes no.

I am only at the experimentation stage using tables of Text (as you  
suggested) then VarChar, Long and Short etc to try and understand the  
Valentina mechanism.

I am also moving through the documentation as best I can.

I have the free license which has eliminated one frustration - the  
shutdown every 10 minutes, and allowed me to progress more quickly -  
that has to be good!

I guess what I need at the moment is someone to tell me that it is all  
worth the effort and it will all work in the end - you did that in  
your last two lines - thanks!

Is the list normally this quiet? Is it because all are happy with  
Valentina or that there are not many users or active users?

Cheers

Greg Olson-Hyde
Sydney Australia

2.8 GHz Quad-Core Mac Pro
Mac OS X 10.5.8
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