[AccessD] version control

Mark A Matte markamatte at hotmail.com
Tue Apr 8 12:30:19 CDT 2008


I use a custom database property I call BuildNo(FILE--DatabaseProperties--TAB=Custom)...and everytime the mdb opens...it checks for a newer version in a specified place.

If you would like more details let me know.

Thanks,

Mark A. Matte


> Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 10:16:37 -0700
> From: dbdoug at gmail.com
> To: AccessD at databaseadvisors.com
> Subject: [AccessD] version control
>
> Hello all:
>
> Does anyone have any good ideas for database version control? I've tripped
> myself up so many times on out-of-date versions of my databases. I now have
> all my dbs check for a small 'key' file in the same folder as the current
> version of the db, so that if I try to open up an older version in a
> different folder, it won't run. But every once in a while I have to copy
> the key file so I can view two db versions simultaneously, then of course I
> sometimes forget to delete the copied key file, and two weeks later I find
> I've got two different 'current' versions of the database.
>
> Doug Steele
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