Re: Database files are being destroyed

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2002


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 43073
interpreted = N
texte = I looked at your site. You need to do some major upgrading of your code from that 3.0 methodology. You are advertising your database location and then not protecting it from view. I just downloaded your whole products database! I recommend you put your products database in the globals directory, change it's extension to .db from .txt to protect it, and start changing all your command based references to _context_ based code.MikeOn Tuesday, September 3, 2002, at 11:34 AM, Michael Davis wrote:> You mentioned before that you were using old, non-supported WebDNA > tags to flush your databases from RAM. That seems like an obvious > place to start. Other than that, _post your code_ or we can't help > you! If you are manually editing databases (outside of using > templates), then tell us exactly what your procedure is. You're > probably resetting the permissions. > > Mike > > On Tuesday, September 3, 2002, at 10:52 AM, Yariv Nachshon wrote: > >> I'm transferring a site from WebCat 3.0.8 with WebStar 4.4 to WebDNA >> 4.5 >> and WebStar V >> >> My new problems is that with no known reason some times a database >> file >> is being destroyed. some of them are 1 MB and another one is 21 MB >> and i >> have few others in other sizes as well. >> >> The files suddenly without any reason i know or loose the data from >> the >> middle of the file or from any other location. The data lost is >> sometimes from the middle of a line and actually it's not a place that >> anyone used. it seems right now as something that happen randomly. >> >> is there some way to protect it ? is OS X has some problem from >> allowing >> multiple users access the same file and make updates ? the files >> contain >> orders data that are made on our e-commerce sites and are used by the >> back office people as well as our customer support and others. >> >> yours, >> Yariv Nachshon >> http://www.plonter.co.il >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Database files are being destroyed (Michael Davis 2002)
  2. Re: Database files are being destroyed (Michael Davis 2002)
  3. Database files are being destroyed (Yariv Nachshon 2002)
I looked at your site. You need to do some major upgrading of your code from that 3.0 methodology. You are advertising your database location and then not protecting it from view. I just downloaded your whole products database! I recommend you put your products database in the globals directory, change it's extension to .db from .txt to protect it, and start changing all your command based references to _context_ based code.MikeOn Tuesday, September 3, 2002, at 11:34 AM, Michael Davis wrote:> You mentioned before that you were using old, non-supported WebDNA > tags to flush your databases from RAM. That seems like an obvious > place to start. Other than that, _post your code_ or we can't help > you! If you are manually editing databases (outside of using > templates), then tell us exactly what your procedure is. You're > probably resetting the permissions. > > Mike > > On Tuesday, September 3, 2002, at 10:52 AM, Yariv Nachshon wrote: > >> I'm transferring a site from WebCat 3.0.8 with WebStar 4.4 to WebDNA >> 4.5 >> and WebStar V >> >> My new problems is that with no known reason some times a database >> file >> is being destroyed. some of them are 1 MB and another one is 21 MB >> and i >> have few others in other sizes as well. >> >> The files suddenly without any reason i know or loose the data from >> the >> middle of the file or from any other location. The data lost is >> sometimes from the middle of a line and actually it's not a place that >> anyone used. it seems right now as something that happen randomly. >> >> is there some way to protect it ? is OS X has some problem from >> allowing >> multiple users access the same file and make updates ? the files >> contain >> orders data that are made on our e-commerce sites and are used by the >> back office people as well as our customer support and others. >> >> yours, >> Yariv Nachshon >> http://www.plonter.co.il >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Michael Davis

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