Lesson #1 – when bulk data entering always backup you database every 10 or so new entries and always backup everything before updating to the next version of EMDB.Īlso – EMDB now does some VERY STRANGE things with the screen when resizing the window because it also wants to also resize the column widths – which is the last thing you want it doing (clearly the author does not follow standard Windows programming conventions).Īt present the current version 1.14, but since 1.11 EMDB has been suffering an intermittent internal stack overflow and/or code-data problem because resizing the window to certain dimensions (believe me, this is weird) will cause certain program options to stop working and/or the program will simply exit without warning. Thats another 4 hours Ill never get back :-( Once EMDB so completely corrupted the database that it threw away all by latest data entries and reverted to a previous (automatically created) database version. For example – unless you enter each entry individually and then exit the program before adding the next Title then there is a risk that data will get corrupted due, I suspect, to poor programming practices like not resetting pointers and clearing values.Īnd through bitter experience Ive also learned only to delete an existing Title with the renumber database option set to OFF otherwise this risks messing up the relationship between the Title, Actors, and Directors all of which seem to be stored in separate tables and deleting the Title seems to randomly attribute the Actors and/or Directors to other Titles (often you find this out for months and by then its too late to go back to a prior backup). WARNING – EMDB can, and will eventually corrupt your data. Worse - every time a new release of EMDB hits the streets fixing an old problem, magically a new problem will appear to replace it. Unfortunately the development of EMDB is a one man band and you the user will be used to test the product in production. My advice, and experience, is to use EMDB at your own risk.ĭont get me wrong - the product is good (in theory) and Ive been using it for several years and as a result now have over 4,000 Titles entrusted to EMDB.
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