Okay - I have exhausted all efforts to find out why some of my data gets arbitrarily deleted. (See my numerous posts, "Arbitrarily deleted data" - so I have copied the entire directory, deleted unassociated tables, deleted sensitive data, and zipped and attached it for anyone who wants to try their hand at figuring out why data is arbitrarily being deleted with seemingly no rhyme, nor reason.
PARTICULARS:
There are two tables which lose data. One is the PACE ROSTER, the other is the WRAP ROSTER. The fields affected are named PACE_EXIT, and EXIT_DATE, respectively. Both are found in the SETS CONTROL PANEL. Both fields' data is manually entered. When dates turn up missing, it does not happen to all the records in either table.
Neither field is a calculated field, although both fields are used as look-ups. Both tables are linked in sets. Also, both fields are used in other data fields to either add or subtract 365 or 182 days.
I am the only user of Alpha 5 in this workplace. My pc is the only one with Alpha installed on it.
The data started being deleted after the IT dept connected me to the server. Contrary to what I was previously told, my Alpha files are NOT merely copied to the server and copied back to my hard drive when I shut down and boot up. Instead, they reside on the server at all times.
The only time I find missing data is upon booting up in the morning. I re-enter the data, and it then stays in tact until some future date, upon booting up. In fact, I had shut down my computer (with all date files in tact) on 3/19, and didn't turn it back on until 3/27...low and behold, some of the data in both of the tables was missing.
To anyone who wants to try to figure this out, I will forever be indebted - when I grow up and get rich, you can cash in on my wealth!
THANK YOU!!!
Wanda
PARTICULARS:
There are two tables which lose data. One is the PACE ROSTER, the other is the WRAP ROSTER. The fields affected are named PACE_EXIT, and EXIT_DATE, respectively. Both are found in the SETS CONTROL PANEL. Both fields' data is manually entered. When dates turn up missing, it does not happen to all the records in either table.
Neither field is a calculated field, although both fields are used as look-ups. Both tables are linked in sets. Also, both fields are used in other data fields to either add or subtract 365 or 182 days.
I am the only user of Alpha 5 in this workplace. My pc is the only one with Alpha installed on it.
The data started being deleted after the IT dept connected me to the server. Contrary to what I was previously told, my Alpha files are NOT merely copied to the server and copied back to my hard drive when I shut down and boot up. Instead, they reside on the server at all times.
The only time I find missing data is upon booting up in the morning. I re-enter the data, and it then stays in tact until some future date, upon booting up. In fact, I had shut down my computer (with all date files in tact) on 3/19, and didn't turn it back on until 3/27...low and behold, some of the data in both of the tables was missing.
To anyone who wants to try to figure this out, I will forever be indebted - when I grow up and get rich, you can cash in on my wealth!
THANK YOU!!!
Wanda
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