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    Question on file name

    When I click on file and get the recent file list I find the following.

    Database (1) for filename.adb

    Where did this entry come from and how is it different from

    Database for filename.adb

    Thanks,
    Ed
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    RE: Question on file name

    Ed, what you describe suggests that someone is opening a database table, instead of opening the database itself. When the table is opened by clicking on the DBF file, Alpha Five will create a new database (ADB file) for you. Since one already exists in your folder, Alpha Five politely begins numbering them... If you repeat the process you'll get Database (2) for filename.adb I would expect.

    In Alpha Five DBF's are tables. The tables are 'added' to a Database. The Database file has an ADB extension. The correct way to open the Database is to click on the ADB file, not one of its tables.

    -- tom

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      RE: Question on file name

      Thanks Tom,

      I suspected this was the answer. when the new database ADB is created does it still use all the previous tabels or does it also create new copies of them as well. I want to make sure any updates made to the database ended up in the correct table. I'd like to clean up the the mess by deleting all but the original ADB.

      I also noticed a large number of MPX files. I believe these are created by queries. Could I delete these without any problems.

      Thanks,
      Ed

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        RE: Question on file name

        Unfortunately, it all depends on when and where you made the updates to 'the database'. If you thought you were working with the original, but were really working with a copy (renamed with a numeric suffix) those changes that affect the entire database will be lost if you delete the copy of the ADB. I suggest you work through each ADB, one at a time. Look for changes that you want to keep. Copy and paste them into the correct (original) ADB, before deleting the copies.

        As for the MPX's they are temporary files. If no one else is using them on your network, you can delete them. There's even a setting (View / Settings / Queries) that you can adjust in the Alpha Five control panel, so that Alpha Five will, itself, delete these when it exits back to the operating system. I use this all the time, and prefer to have Alpha Five do the cleanup for me.

        -- tom

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          RE: Question on file name

          Tom's response is correct but here's a little more detail that may help you...

          If you open a TABLE by clicking on the DBF file it creates an ADB with only that table. (Personally, I never use this option and think it would have been better for Alpha to leave it out.) The user can add additional tables if desired. IF these are exactly the same tables as in the original app (i.e., the FULL path name is the same) then any changes to that table will apply to any database (ADB) that uses that table. (Click the Tables/Sets tab then "Code/View/Details" on the menu to see the full path.)

          The things that WILL stay with the table are: structure changes, field rules (in the *.dd* files), indexes (in the .cdx file), memo fields (in the .fpt file), forms, browses, reports, labels, letters, and saved operations (all in the *.dd* files). Any scripts that are stored in these layouts or the buttons on the layouts will also stay with the table.

          HOWEVER, global scripts, including toolbar and menu scripts, (i.e., anything seen in the control panel's Code tab) are saved in the ADB file so any changes to these scripts will only apply to the local ADB. They can be copied and pasted to the "original" ADB if necessary. Also, each ADB file has it's own list of tables and sets so make sure that any new tables/sets that have been added (and you still want) are added to the original ADB.

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