Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!hrc!dan From: dan@hrc.uucp (Dan Troxel) Newsgroups: comp.databases Subject: ACCELL problems Message-ID: <1991Apr25.185015.1978@hrc.uucp> Date: 25 Apr 91 18:50:15 GMT Organization: Handwriting Research Corporation Lines: 37 [posted for a friend -- dan] I'm running ACCELL 1.4 under Xenix 2.3.2 on an IBC [sic] 80486, and am having problems creating a new application. Upon entering the environment, I'm greeted with the normal CURRENT APPLICATION screen. I zoom from that to get the LIST OF APPLICATIONS, press F7 to add, type in the name (zzzz) and description, hit F9, and get the following messages: 'The name is already registered with ACCELL/DBMS. Cannot add application.' It makes no difference what name you type in for the application- it will always tell you that the name is already registered. From there, I can completely exit the database, come back in, then type in 'zzzz' for an application name, and instead of giving me the normal 'Application: zzzz not found' error, it will actually bring up a LIST OF FORMS FOR CURRENT APPLICATION form, with nothing in it- it's just blank. So it's obvious that these 'attempted' application names are being stored in the DBMS, and I've probably got a whole batch of them stuffed in there. I need to know how to get them out, and how to get the DBMS to quit giving me this static so I can add a new application and get back to work. I've only got eleven applications currently defined, and there is absolutely no naming conflict- that is, I don't have another application named 'zzzz'. I don't have any problems with the other databases on the system, but can't find the discrepancy. My initial thought was that a permissions problem existed which would cause ACCELL to barf half-way through creating the application, but this is not the case. All I can figure is that unify.db is corrupt. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks. -- Dan Troxel @ Handwriting Research Corporation WK 1-602-957-8870 Camelback Corporate Center 2821 E. Camelback Road Suite 600 Phoenix, AZ 85016 ncar!noao!asuvax!hrc!dan zardoz!hrc!dan hrc!dan@asuvax.eas.asu.edu