Hi Steve, I had read again your post and there is something I don't understand well. You said that "using Dropbox with two computers there are at least three copies of the file".
But I'm using a "symbolic link", that, AFAIK is in fact an "alias" of the DB and not a real copy... I'm now more confussed :( Best On 26/07/10 11:50, "Steve Cassidy" <[email protected]> wrote: > Pedro > > The first things to consider would be: > > (i) Is it possible that the records were in fact deleted? If the delete > command is available in the file, it is always possible it has been used. > > (ii) Is it possible that you have mismanaged copies of the file (such as when > using DropBox)? If there is no gap in the incremental record number > (presumably an auto-enter serial number) then this is a good possibility. It > is possible that the three lost records were input into a different copy of > the file. When using DropBox with two computers, there are at least three > copies of the file (on the original computer, on the DropBox server, and on > your second computer). If both computers are not constantly connected to the > internet, it seems fairly likely that this type of problem could happen. > > I'm not sure DropBox goes very well with Filemaker. There's no essential > problem with the combination, but it does seem like keeping track of versions > could be quite difficult. > > With a simple database file, it is fairly unlikely that corruption or hard > disk problems will occur. Filemaker is very reliable when used correctly. > > Steve > > > On Jul 26, 2010, at 4:48 PM, 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
