Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!csus.edu!ucdavis!csusac!unify!sk From: sk@Unify.Com (Sandeep Kundra) Newsgroups: comp.databases Subject: Re: ACCELL problems Message-ID: Date: 2 May 91 15:58:19 GMT References: <1991Apr25.185015.1978@hrc.uucp> <1991Apr30.112215.762@stat.appstate.edu> Organization: Unify Corporation, Sacramento, CA, USA Lines: 46 In article <1991Apr30.112215.762@stat.appstate.edu> cookdl@stat.appstate.edu writes: >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. Some information deleted. > >This is a bug in Accell. I ran into the same problem and called Unify's >hotline. In my system this problem reoccurs every 10th application and I have >to do the following to fix it. > workaround information deleted. > > You will probably have to run this about every 10th application. I know i >do. It should be clarified that this bug only existed in the particular release which the original poster reported it. It was fixed subsequently and the workaround is no longer necessary (expect if you are still running the old release). If you are on the old release, a better solution would be to upgrade to a newer version. Regards, -- Sandeep Kundra, Unify Corporation, 3901 Lenanne Dr, Sacramento, CA. 95834-1922 #include | This opinion ..... | | .... No deposit, No return. | {{ucdavis,csun,lll-crg}!csusac,pyramid,sequent}!unify!sk