[AccessD] A2K: Oh, BROTHER! Have I screwed up or not?

Steve,
I don't do anything to the file name (quite the lazy approach). I open my
file from explorer. Every so often (when I think of it, next cup of coffee,
etc.) I close the file. Click on it in explorer. CTRL-C and CTRL-V. Explorer
always adds a unique Copy # of" to the filename. Hardrive is not an issue so
I eat it up with copies!


John B. 

 


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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Steve Erbach
Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 8:28 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] A2K: Oh, BROTHER! Have I screwed up or not?

Greg, Rocky, John,

I do a similar thing with backup names. I use a 4 character date code
appended to the name of the mdb:

5, for 2005
b, 2nd letter of the alphabet for the 2nd month of the year 07, for the day
of the month

Then I'll add an A, B, C, etc., for different backups during the same day.

I had a backup from less than a day before, but the thing that just got me
hopping-up-and-down bewildered and confusticated is: why on Earth did the
INACTIVE code window disappear when I selected some text to delete in the
ACTIVE window and pressed the Delete key? I'm going to assume it was because
I had the Project Explorer open and somehow I activated that window and had
the INactive code window highlighted before I pressed the Delete key.

Steve Erbach



Steve:

Sorry to hear about that.  Been there and done that.  In Access there was a
way to recover a table, form, etc...but I never could figure out how to do
it.  You were "insufficiently paranoid".  Which makes me, what, sufficiently
paranoid...?

To keep from doing what you are about to HAVE to do (go back to yesterday's
code) I use a more "paranoid" scheme to keep from losing my programming.
Well, at least too much of it.  I name my program file, let's say,
GWSDB-020405 at 1501.mdb, and when I make any significant changes (which can be
defined as...anything more than what I want to retype or recode or
redesign...), I make a copy of this file, store the original in another
folder on another drive on another computer/server (see...told
you...paranoid), and rename the copy to the current time.  That way there
are no duplicates.  The next day, start with a new copy with a different
date and new time.  This has saved my clumsy fingers more than once.

And it takes me all of one or two minutes to do that...so I think it's worth
the time.

And, oh yea, I take a copy offsite when I go home.  Paranoid might be an
understatement...

None of this will help you now...but maybe in the future...:)

Greg

Steve:

Day late and a dollar short on this but I have a compulsive habit if hitting
Alt-f-s a LOT.  If I really screw up (it happens) I close the app without
saving and have my last save to go back to.  I also make a backup to my
second machine and to the thumb drive every time I close the app for lunch
or potty or to go to another task.  I'm not paranoid, I really am out to get
me.

Rocky

On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 16:06:49 -0600, John Bartow <john at winhaven.net> wrote:
> A streamlined way of doing what I do. Close the app, copy and paste 
> it. I usually have dozens of copies of the same app.
> 
> Copy 1 of App.mdb, Copy 2 of App.mdb...
> 
> I clean them at the end of a major successful coding experience.
> 
> John B.
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