Fixed==>> some files i can NOT add fields using 1. - Define files

[Nancy Palmquist]

Tony Freehauf wrote:
> Fixed==>>   some files i can NOT add fields using    1. - Define files
>
> thanks for all the help
> i did find a solution.
> i looked for all files with the strange 794 in them that where filepro
> a listing is below - why they exist i don't know
> all of them ended with .030794
> for some reason filepro did not like the last three digits
>
> when these files where removed filepro works normally
>
> thanks
> papa tony
>
>
> sample problem files found listed below:
> /appl/filepro/stockAlsip092503/data.addison.030794
> /appl/filepro/stockAlsip092503/key.addison.030794
> /appl/filepro/AddStockLoc2/data.addison.030794
> /appl/filepro/AddStockLoc2/key.addison.030794
> /appl/filepro/stockCopyForTransfer/data.addison.030794
> /appl/filepro/stockCopyForTransfer/key.addison.030794
> /appl/filepro/Addstock1/data.addison.030794
> /appl/filepro/Addstock1/key.addison.030794
> /appl/filepro/stock080106DeleteThisFile/data.addison.030794
> /appl/filepro/stock080106DeleteThisFile/key.addison.030794
> /appl/filepro/stock/blob.addison.030794
> /appl/filepro/stockCpy062508No2/data.addison.030794
> /appl/filepro/stockCpy062508No2/key.addison.030794
> /appl/filepro/AddStockLoc2794map
> /appl/filepro/AddStockLoc3/data.addison.030794
> /appl/filepro/AddStockLoc3/key.addison.030794
> /appl/filepro/stockfu794map
> /appl/filepro/stock121606DeleteThisFile/data.addison.030794
> /appl/filepro/stock121606DeleteThisFile/key.addison.030794
> /appl/filepro/AddStockLoc1/data.addison.030794
> /appl/filepro/AddStockLoc1/key.addison.030794
> /appl/filepro/stockfu/data.addison.030794
> /appl/filepro/stockfu/key.addison.030794
> /appl/filepro/Uploadstock/data.addison.030794
These files are treated as key and data segments for filepro.  When you 
shuffle the key / data files by changing data, the copied files are 
shuffled the same way.

If these are intended to be accessed, via filepro as qualifiers, I guess 
that will work.  But the reason they did not was that you exceeded the 
legal length of a qualfier.

".addison.030794"  is too long.  I think 12 is the max allowed.

BE VERY careful about putting files in a filepro directory that start 
with the letters KEY or DATA, they can cause many problems.  For 
example, to make a backup of a key file copy it to OLDKEY not KEYOLD.  
The first will never be touched, the second will be treated like a 
qualfier and will be shuffled if you change the map, or will throw 
errors because you do not have a matching DATAOLD.

(caps were used for clarity, never make key or data caps.)

Nancy
Nancy

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