My ALM file on an SQL based application is approaching 2GB. I only have four reports, what makes this file so large and can it be "compressed"?
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Re: huge ALM file
Many mods of the reports??.... probably just like the desktop side..
A database compact should lessen the size...
Unless it's corrupted...
Was all of the available space on the drive used up? That would happen when a corrupted memo file stops growing short of 2 gb... it ran out of space...Al Buchholz
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Re: huge ALM file
You can always convert the library to a file system and then you don't have to worry about the ALM as there isn't one. All of items on the code tab, database properties, as well as all SQL reports and data sources are saved as files in a special library folder. The latest pre-release builds have greatly improved the process of using a file system and you can even publish the database library for SQL reports just as you can with the library.
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Lance - see the last few messages in this thread and my exchange with Selwyn:
http://msgboard.alphasoftware.com/al...ht=file+system
And note that Jerry's message is about improvements in the latest pre-release build.
I think there's a lot of benefit here (I particularly like the longer function name capability). While I'm not using this right now I'd like to learn more about it and consider it -- some of this may simply be some adjustments in our own methods. I'm looking forward to the improvements Jerry notes, learning more about this and maybe learning how to make use of this feature.-Steve
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Re: huge ALM file
Originally posted by Lance Gurd View PostHelp,
Just did as Jerry suggested and everything on the code tab has disappeared, my named connections don't work and my sql reports are gone. How do I get them back?
If you set up a file system before the pre-release builds, converting the file system back to a library WITH THE BUILD YOU USED TO CREATE the file system will work for code, but not SQL reports. If you converted to a file system previously, you may have to restore from a backup. If you don't have a backup, The file system conversion process creates backups of the original files as .old_alb, .old_alm, old_alx. Backup the database folder and rename those files as .alb, .alm, .alx. You will be back to a library system.
If you created a file system with the latest pre-release build, you can still publish the database library for SQL reports in the publish process. The publish process converts the files system back to a temporary library and publishes the library, so the reports on the web work as they did before. The published folder will have an .alm fileLast edited by JerryBrightbill; 05-12-2012, 07:48 AM.
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Hi Lance,
Originally posted by Lance Gurd View PostI am using 2669 - 3921 and can't find anyway of restoring the library
Also, if you have an AEX compiled library version, I can recover most of the objects from it's ALM that created it, in most cases.Regards,
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Originally posted by Lance Gurd View PostI am using 2669 - 3921 and can't find anyway of restoring the library
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Hi Jerry, were changes made to how session variables work in this build? - I had all kinds of issues - had to retreat, it's a shame because there was a lot of good stuff in that build.Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
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Hi Jerry, were changes made to how session variables work in this build?
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Originally posted by peteconway View PostHi Jerry, were changes made to how session variables work in this build? - I had all kinds of issues - had to retreat, it's a shame because there was a lot of good stuff in that build.
We have not received any bug reports about session variables. If there is a specific problem we would like to hear about it.
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