[AccessD] Deleting system fields

Heenan, Lambert Lambert.Heenan at AIG.com
Fri Aug 24 12:21:53 CDT 2007


But it's still a replica your looking at (by the sound of it). In which case
you can 'recover the design master', which simply means you're telling
Access 'this here replica IS the design master'.

Lambert

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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby
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There never was a master or replica.  The button was pushed by mistake YEARS
ago and (apparently) there was no backup because they left it that way. 


John W. Colby
Colby Consulting
www.ColbyConsulting.com 
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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Dettman
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John,

<<I tried running trigeminal's unreplicator but I think they got confused by
the unreplicated fields and said it wasn't replicated and didn't do
anything.>>

  Your talking about this?
 
http://trigeminal.com/lang/1033/utility.asp?ItemID=11#11

  The only other thing I know you can do is to:

1. Synch all replicas
2. Recover the design master if you don't have it.
3. Then use the unreplicate wizard.

Jim


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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Charlotte Foust
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 12:35 PM
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I've never found any but the hard way, John.  

Charlotte Foust 

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Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 9:30 AM
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Subject: [AccessD] Deleting system fields

I have a database that was apparently "replicated" at some time (the button
pressed by mistake), then other tables later added that were not replicated.
I tried running trigeminal's unreplicator but I think they got confused by
the unreplicated fields and said it wasn't replicated and didn't do
anything.

I tried to delete just the system field S_GUID but was told I can't because
it is a system field and I can't do that.  The "suggestion" was to rebuild
the table by doing a make table without the S_GUID field.  I can certainly
do that but I have to also break existing relationships, delete the existing
data and then recreate the relationships.

Is there ANY method of just deleting the S_GUID field?  It is doing no
damage but it is taking up space, is confusing, and is simply not needed and
I would like to get rid of it.

John W. Colby
Colby Consulting
www.ColbyConsulting.com 

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