3.7.2 Table Builder let me name a new file "Xfer.Anything"

Now there is a table called "DICT.XFER.ANYTHING" and a record in REVMEDIA called "ANYTHING*SYSPROG".

Naturally, Delete_table won't get rid of either, because the first has an illegal character and the second does not have a table associated with it.

1. How do I get rid of these two references?

2. Can Table Builder be "set" or "modified" to prevent my stupidity from getting the better of me?

David

David-

run ALIAS_TABLE to the REVMEDIA of the subdirectory in question. Edit the file XREF.ANYTHING*your_app_name, and make a note of the REV file number.

Delete the row in revmedia, and delete the dos REVXXXXX files.

This should get rid of the problem.

Hope it helps-

Mike Ruane

Mike-

Thanks for the advice. Unfortunately, there was no file "XFER.ANYTHING", which was my problem, essentially. I had a DICT.XFER.ANYTHING*SYSPROG showing in the database under Application Manager, and a physical file ANYTHING*SYSPROG on the disk (rev21056) as well as listed in the revmedia table.

With your help I got most of the damaged controlled, but not all.

Here's what I did:

1. I used the Database Manager to remover "DICT.XFER.ANYTHING" from the Application Manager list.

2. I dos-deleted the rev21056 files.

3. I could "empty" the row "ANYTHING*SYSPROG" in the revmdia table by using System Editor.

However, I cannot find a way to delete "ANYTHING*SYSPROG" from revmedia. I think I'm missing the knowledge of how to EDIT revmedia, yes?

David

David-

To delete the entry in REVMEDIA, type

RUN DELETE_ROW 'REVMEDIA','ANYTHING*SYSPROG'

from the EXEC line in the system editor. It will delete it.

Hope it helps-

Mike Ruane

Thanks, Mike! Somehow it's the "simple stuff" which is hard to relearn in moving on up.

David

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