Thanks Ruslan<div><br></div><div>I still think I am right. I want Vstudio to work in such a way that anyone can just do stuff without having to be an expert. When you choose clone a database it should ask the name and where you want it. It should make a new one if necessary and it should have an error message if you choose a name already taken and full of data. It shouldn't take a user a couple hours and an overnight thought process to figure it out.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Bill<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Ruslan Zasukhin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ruslan_zasukhin@valentina-db.com">ruslan_zasukhin@valentina-db.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">On 12/2/10 2:07 PM, "william humphrey" <<a href="mailto:bill@bluewatermaritime.com">bill@bluewatermaritime.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
Hi William,<br>
<div class="im"><br>
> OK - when I have time I am posting this to Mantis. The menu command in Vstudio<br>
> for "clone a database" needs lots of work.<br>
<br>
> You cannot clone a database without<br>
> first making a database to copy the clone to.<br>
<br>
</div>No, this is false asumption.<br>
<br>
Db.Clone() as well as db.Create()<br>
creates new db files<br>
<div class="im"><br>
<br>
> And then you have to make a path<br>
> to that database and paste it into the window for "clone" operation. This is<br>
> not how our Vstudio should work!<br>
<br>
</div>I think this is wrong ...<br>
<div class="im"><br>
<br>
> So ignore that zipped file I sent you as I finally successfully cloned it and<br>
> fixed it. <br>
><br>
> Interestingly the new database, after cloning, is 38.7 mb while the old<br>
> damaged one was 40.9 mb. I hope that doesn't mean that I've lost some records.<br>
<br>
</div>Some losts can be if db was corrupted,<br>
But less size is normal for clone even on good dbs,<br>
because removed e.g. Deleted records.<br>
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</font><div><div></div><div class="h5">Best regards,<br>
<br>
Ruslan Zasukhin<br>
VP Engineering and New Technology<br>
Paradigma Software, Inc<br>
<br>
Valentina - Joining Worlds of Information<br>
<a href="http://www.paradigmasoft.com" target="_blank">http://www.paradigmasoft.com</a><br>
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[I feel the need: the need for speed]<br>
<br>
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