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Data is dissappearing
Hi,

My database has been working without a problem for some time now. Now, when I make a change to the database, all of a sudden I have a half a database left. Sometimes it will happen where I loose 200-300 records. This has already happened 5 times to me. I have a backup, but I can't let this continue happening. My database size is about 2mb.

Any helpl would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Eli
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My database size is about 2mb.

I'm assuming you're using the flat file flavor of DBman. Well the size of you db is your problem. Depending on record size and a few other factors, you'll begin to experience exactly the symptoms you mentioned when the file grows over 1meg and beyond. Time to upgrade to SQL.
easy does it
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If you have large textareas you might also want to consider switching those fields to using external text files to hold the data.

This can be accomplished using the External text file mod. I've used that one several databases to keep the size of the database to a minimum.

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