Re: [Summary-Talk] Delete subreport = reset database?

[Bret Baptist <bbaptist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday 10 February 2005 1:20 pm, Jason Linhart wrote:
> Bret Baptist wrote:
> > I am running summary SP in incremental mode.  If I remove a subreport
> > from the configuration of summary do I have to reset my whole database?
>
> No.
>

Interesting.

> > I have been testing removal of subreports and summary either crashes the
> > next time I run a report ( If I do not restart).  Or if I restart
> > summary it tries to rerun as if it is starting from the beginning
> > instead of running in incremental mode.
>
> That is not the way it is supposed to work. You are supposed to be able
> to delete sub-reports in incremental mode while keeping historical data
> in all of your other sub-reports.
>

That is what I would expect as well.

> First, you should make sure you are running the most recent version of
> Summary available, 2.5.3 or 2.3.14/15. Some problems similar to this one
> were fixed about two releases ago.
>

Running 2.5.3 currently.

> Second, try restoring a recent backup right before deleting the
> sub-report. You can restore a backup on the Tools configuration page.
> Restoring a backup will fix any possible database corruption. Database
> corruption can be caused by power failures or hard disk glitches, and
> then not become visible till much later.
>

I had just restored from a backup created the night before, which was a
successful run of recreating the database after an admin mistake.

> Third, make sure there isn't anything obviously wrong with the machine,
> such as a full hard disk, crashes when not running Summary, etc.
>

Nope machine has been running stable for awhile now.

> Fourth, if none of those solve the problem then I would like to try and
> duplicate your problem here. Contact me directly <jason@summary.net> if
> you want to pursue this.

Looks like we are going to have to go this route again Jason...  You 
have been down that road before... (poor Matrix reference).


>
> Good Luck
> Jason
>
> --
> Jason@Summary.Net

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Bret Baptist
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