Thanks very much, both
Simon
>>>>I'm interested in how others are handling the problem of maintaining Database Containers in the field.
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>>>>Do you ship a complete set of empty tables and a new DBC and programmatically import/append the data?
>>>>Do you just ship new tables and updated DBC and REBUILD the tables?
>>>>How about instances where the client can legitimately add their own data objects?
>>>>Do you use a third party product to do this? If so what is it and is it flexible enough?
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>>>>Thanks
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>>>>Simon
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>>>Stonefield's database toolkit handles this and MUCH more. I think it is worth every penny.
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>>Does it handle it as a packaged solution though? The whole process has to be automatic without any real user intervention.
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>>Simon
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>Fairly so. You just ship them a new copy of the meta-data and have them run a utility to update. Check out Doug's website at
www.stonefield.com.