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    Browse Records Disappear (:(((

    This is my 2nd time today with thes problem, I solved the first instance by deleting the tables and copying tables from the backup. However, since this is the 2nd time, I need to figure out what's causing this so it doesn't happen again.

    3 Tables: Ptble (Parent Table) linked 1:many to Ctble (Child Table) linked 1:many to GCtble (Grandchild table).

    I have a form with 2 fields from the parent table and embedded browses for the Ctbl & GCtble. At first, all records were showing. Then I tried to create a report based on the set, Grouped on a field in the Ctble. A field from the Parent table and 7 fields form the Gctable made up the detail. It showed the grouping but no data showed in the detail.

    Took a look at the form and all records in both browses were visable. Ctrl-I showed that the indexes in the Ctble had changed to Record #. I reset it to the previous index, clicked OK and exit. Walla, I heard all the records in the browse of the Gctble sing, "Happy Trails To You".

    I've read the manual, searched the message board, read the article by Jeff Moses, Compacted the DB, all to no avail. (BTW, the 1st time this happened, all records in both browses disappeared). I even created a new form but it behaved the same way so that ruled out a corrupt form.

    Anyone have a clue what may be causing this? If need be, I can attach a zip file after editing data, etc.

    Thanks for any thoughts or ideas.

    kenn
    TYVM :) kenn

    Knowing what you can achieve will not become reality until you imagine and explore.
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    RE: Browse Records Disappear (:(((

    Forgot to mention, I checked the default browse and the records for the Ptble and the Ctble are there. The records for the Gctble are not there.

    kenn
    TYVM :) kenn

    Knowing what you can achieve will not become reality until you imagine and explore.

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      RE: Browse Records Disappear (:(((

      Here's another mysterious coue and the reason why the records do not show. I checked the view of the Ctble and observed that the linking field (childid) which links the Ctble and the Gctble had changed. Instead of the data which I had entered, it had changed to the 1st 8 characters of the child's name, including the space between the 1st & last name. Example: LWKENNOR to ken nord. The character length of the field is 8 so if it had been longer it probably would haave copied the entire name.

      So, what cause the data childid field to be replaced by the data in the child name field?

      Thanks,

      kenn
      TYVM :) kenn

      Knowing what you can achieve will not become reality until you imagine and explore.

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        RE: Browse Records Disappear (:(((

        Ken, I get better results arranging my sets in the sequence that will be easiest for the report engine. If I were going to group on Ctbl, my set would look like this:

        Ctbl linked one to one to Parent
        Ctbl linked one to many to GCtbl

        This puts the table upon which I am going to 'group' the report in the 'parent' position.

        Your set's design is different. You have Parent table in the 'parent' position, but you elect to group on the one to many child. If you think about how the data is arranged when the set is linked, and then imagine how much extra work Alpha Five has to do to find all the matching child table records, each time the group break changes, you begin to see why reorganizing things would be a big help.

        -- tom

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          RE: Browse Records Disappear (:(((

          Tom,

          Yeah, I created the set last night (Ctbl as the parent and the other two tables as child tables). I should be able to create a report to yeild data the way I need it.

          Since updating the patch for V4.5, I've had a major confilct: The data in my child ID field was replaced with the data in the child name field. Fortunately, there were only 30 records so manually re-entering the data was not a problem.

          I am concerned about this because it has happened twice. Both times I was working on a report with the Ptbl, Ctbl and Gctbl set. I think A5 should be able to handle that but as it turned out, I needed to restructure the table for the report (above) So far, no problems.

          Thanks for your reply.

          kenn
          TYVM :) kenn

          Knowing what you can achieve will not become reality until you imagine and explore.

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