Thanks a lot Stephen and Steve, It seems that somehow Dropbox is creating troubles. I'm going to delete the "Symbolic link" from it an see.. But I'm panicked also :(
Best regards, -------------------------------------------- Pedro Perdomo-Miteff, MD, MSc Assistant Professor Faculty of Medicine Hospital Universitario de Caracas Universidad Central de Venezuela [email protected] [email protected] On 26/07/10 12:07, "Stephen Wonfor" <[email protected]> wrote: > Pedro > > Not sure about Dropbox, though I see Steve Cassidy has some good points. I > can add that some years ago we were working on a set of databases that were > sent up from Houston, Texas to Calgary, Alberta. They sent us 24 of the 25 > files. Filemaker "found" the missing file, over the network, running back on > an FMServer in Houston and happily linked to it. We purged data from a number > of the db's for testing. We got a panicked call from Texas... Thanks > goodness for hourly backups! Maybe something like that can occur with > DropBox. > > Stephen > > ---------- > > "We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average > star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very > special." ----Stephen Hawking > > > > > > > On Jul 26, 2010, at 9:48 AM, Pedro Perdomo-Miteff wrote: > >> Hi Stephen, >> >> No, is on a single Mac. >> But there is something... >> >> I had a Dropbox account and put a "symbolic link" of the DB on it, so i can >> open it at home when I'm away from office. >> >> Would be a problem? >> >> Best >> >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------- >> Pedro Perdomo-Miteff, MD, MSc >> Assistant Professor >> Faculty of Medicine >> Hospital Universitario de Caracas >> Universidad Central de Venezuela >> [email protected] >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> >> >> On 26/07/10 11:01, "Stephen Wonfor" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Pedro >>> >>> Sorry, missed the bit about no gap so corruption is not the issue here. >>> Don't >>> think disk failure is too likely as the issue would be much greater - eg. no >>> db at all. >>> >>> So. Are there other copies of the db that might have been written to? Is >>> the >>> db on FMServer? >>> >>> Stephen >>> >>> ---------- >>> >>> "How wonderful that we have met with a paradox. Now we have some hope of >>> making progress." - Niels Bohr >>> >>> On Jul 26, 2010, at 9:22 AM, Pedro Perdomo-Miteff wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks Stephen for your prompt and kind response. >>>> >>>> I moved through the data as you suggested but can't find any trace of the >>>> records. As I said before, there's not "gap" in record number. >>>> >>>> Do you think that a disk failure would the culprit? >>>> >>>> Best >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -------------------------------------------- >>>> Pedro Perdomo-Miteff, MD, MSc >>>> Assistant Professor >>>> Faculty of Medicine >>>> Hospital Universitario de Caracas >>>> Universidad Central de Venezuela >>>> [email protected] >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On 26/07/10 10:02, "Stephen Wonfor" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Pedro >>>>> >>>>> The possibility exists that you may have corrupted indexes on those >>>>> records. >>>>> Typically they show up as "?" in all the fields. If you move through the >>>>> data >>>>> in order of record creation you may run across them - you can't (as far as >>>>> I >>>>> know) actually search for them using FMP finds but you can stumble across >>>>> them >>>>> by going through the data manually. >>>>> >>>>> If you do find them see http://fmdiff.com/fm/recordindex.html for help in >>>>> sorting them out. >>>>> >>>>> Stephen >>>>> >>>>> ---- >>>>> >>>>> BELT SANDER: An electric sanding tool commonly used to convert minor >>>>> touch-up jobs into major refinishing jobs. (---Attributed to the list at >>>>> http://techtalk.parts-express.com/; Also claimed by others...) >>>>> >>>>> On Jul 26, 2010, at 8:18 AM, Pedro Perdomo-Miteff wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Dear friends, >>>>>> >>>>>> Looking at my DB last night I realize, WITH ORROR that 3 records created >>>>>> this month was missed. Is a not very complex DB running without trouble >>>>>> for >>>>>> the last couple of years. >>>>>> >>>>>> Each record has creation date, incremental record number and client data. >>>>>> >>>>>> There is not a ³gap² on creation dates. I can¹t find the records >>>>>> searching >>>>>> for date, record number or client name, as if the records were not ever >>>>>> created. I¹m sure that the records was created because I had printed a >>>>>> recipe for each client. >>>>>> >>>>>> I¹m working on FM 10.0v3, OS X 10.5.8. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I would appreciate your comments and help. Please excuse me for my bad >>>>>> English. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -------------------------------------------- >>>>>> Pedro Perdomo-Miteff, MD, MSc >>>>>> Assistant Professor >>>>>> Faculty of Medicine >>>>>> Hospital Universitario de Caracas >>>>>> Universidad Central de Venezuela >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>
