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From: Lee Hoffman/KY <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] File extension .fpt
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2000 18:33:55 -0400
References: <4.1.20001001091221.00a8da60@pop.mis.net><4.1.20001002111717.009322c0@pop.mis.net><4.1.20001002193416.00931340@pop.mis.net><4.1.20001003093201.00b6b800@pop.mis.net>
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wrote:
>I have always thought that each dataset was a separate unit with a
>kind of protective wall around it; that each of the folders containing
>different kinds of data (little databases) were peculiar to one
>dataSET; and that "the dataBASE" referred to the entire entity of one
>or more dataSETS or the various types of data (little databases)
>entered in or attached to a single dataSET. Thus, under this thinking,
>damage to one dataSET would presumably not affect the other dataSETS.

This i s correct. One dataset is not connected in any way with another.

>I removed Booth_i.fpt which contained 849 kb for which I could not
>find an attachment to a person or an event. This action caused damage
>in four other dataSETS in many different kinds of files, other than
>fpt files. As a consequence, I can certainly accept the accuracy of
>the statement that individual dataSETs are intertwined, and I am led
>to the conclusion that the protective curtain around each dataSET does
>not exist. Is this conclusion consistent with your explanation of the
>relationship between dataSET and dataBASE?

Removing the *I.FPT file left pointers and a related *I.DBF file which
caused TMG to consider that your Booth dataset was damaged. This in turn
may have caused damage to various administrative databases and files used
by TMG with other datasets. I won't say that this didn't cause damage to
your other datasets, but I find it unlikely. You would need to speak with
Tech Support on this.




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