Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!csus.edu!ucdavis!csusac!unify!reg From: reg@Unify.Com (Russell Grau) Newsgroups: comp.databases Subject: Re: ACCELL problems Message-ID: Date: 30 Apr 91 15:18:57 GMT References: <1991Apr25.185015.1978@hrc.uucp> Organization: Unify Corporation, Sacramento, CA, USA Lines: 67 In article <1991Apr25.185015.1978@hrc.uucp> dan@hrc.uucp (Dan Troxel) writes: > >[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 What is occuring here is a known bug. It is fixed in later releases. If you will register a program/shell script that will execute your application, then you will be okay. It will mean that you will have to develop your application at the shell level rather than the Development Environment level. This saves you a great deal of time. The best solution for you would be to update your friends system. Have him call Unify at 1-800-248-6439. The salesman at that phone number will give you a hand. >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 Best regards, +****************************************************************************+ | Russell Grau (916) 928-6400 reg@unify.com | | | | No man without his own consent can be overcome by Satan. The tempter has | | no power to control the will or to force the soul to sin. He may distress | | but he cannot contaminate. He can cause agony, but not defilement. | | Ellen G. White - Great Controversy, p. 510 | | | | Disclaimer - "I speak for myself, not my company" | | {{ucdavis,csun,lll-crg}!csusac,pyramid,sequent}!unify!reg | +****************************************************************************+ -- +****************************************************************************+ | Russell Grau (916) 928-6400 reg@unify.com | | | | No man without his own consent can be overcome by Satan. The tempter has |