Hi, Ignacio.
It looks like you said that you are on ARS 5.01. I
believe in that version, importing on top of an existing form will blow the data
away. I think version 6.x was the first version to prevent that from
occurring. Someone please correct me if I'm
wrong.
Because of an unfortunate, previous serious data loss
incident, I was still doing the traditional export all data/import all data up
until ARS 5.1.2. I think I attempted to import a view in 5.01. I
don't think it turned out so pretty.
ARS 6.3 will allow one to import a form def on top of an
existing one without blowing away the data. I still can't help but
have this overkill method of exporting at least the previous day's data;
depending on when the last backup ran.
In your dev/playground environment.
I would export the form definition AND all the data in the
form to be on the safe side. Import the new view. See what
happens. If it fails, import your backup definition. Import the
data.
Hope that helps,
Michelle
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I always find it comforting to test these scenarios in development. Create test forms and play around with how ARS handles importing.
On 5/9/06, Rusconi,
Ignacio (I.) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
**When I import a FORM to production all the data in the Production FORM is deleted
but what happen if I import a view of a form?
Do this delete any data from the form?
Thanks…
ARS 5.01
SQL SERVER 2000
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