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Hello,

Finally going all in with DP+ 5.0 after years with DPRT (had no choice). A couple of questions....in DPRT I would ASCII dump and then clear database to clean, had a directory of one transaction for each part number that I would ASCII load back in for variable text etc. I could also ASCII load any of my previously dumped data by part number if someone needed to see some history. It doesn't appear that DP+ will allow me to import one part at a time after I've exported and cleaned (deleted) all. Do I have to export one part at a time in order to maintain history I could reload if needed without importing all parts?

Another question is where is the database data actually stored? The size of the .mdf & .ldf files never change? I initially setup 3 machines to save data to network thinking I could retrieve and compile data from one machine, except there is nothing to import from these .mdf & .ldf files. Would also like to keep an eye on when I'm getting close to the 2 gig limit.

Thanks for any ideas
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  • Hi VinniUSMC,

    Thanks for your responses. There is only one .mdf file in the directory where database is created (only the two files total) and they do not change size on any of the 3 machines. All the data is coming thru as expected... data, trace values, etc. Guess I'll see if tech support will talk to me.

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  • Hi VinniUSMC,

    Thanks for your responses. There is only one .mdf file in the directory where database is created (only the two files total) and they do not change size on any of the 3 machines. All the data is coming thru as expected... data, trace values, etc. Guess I'll see if tech support will talk to me.

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