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# RE: losing new databases

- To: "Bugtrack" <bugtrack@dieboldes.com>
- Subject: RE: losing new databases
- From: "Ken Clark" <ken@dieboldes.com>
- Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 09:26:50 -0500
- Importance: Normal
- In-Reply-To: <035001bea709$9576fce0$0b04a8c0@professor.dieboldes.com>

The problem is with database names that are not legal file names. For example "foo:bar". Tari, I think you will find that you can't back up databases with names like that either. Please folks, when you send in bug reports, please eliminate at least the first-order variables in the cause. Two minutes would have revealed that a "test" database doesn't exhibit this behaviour. Whit, please take a look at this. In the mean time, support people are instructed not to create databases with \ / : * ? " < > | in the database name. The election title however can have whatever characters you wish. Ken -----Original Message----- From: owner-bugtrack@dieboldes.com [mailto:owner-bugtrack@dieboldes.com]On Behalf Of Talbot Iredale Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 1999 6:52 PM To: Bugtrack Subject: Re: losing new databases Discovered that if you create new database and then close it - it is gone. You must backup to keep it. It would seem that a message that prompts you to save changes before exiting would be much safer and more in line with Windows standards. It is very discouraging to have a whole day's work disappear because you closed the file- whether on purpose or not- when a prompt would allow you to save before exiting. Any other thoughts? Tari Tari, I just tried creating a new database on my machine and closing it and I do not loose it. Do you have any more information about what you did? Tab

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    - From: "Talbot Iredale" <tiredale@dieboldes.com>

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