There are several replicas of a database existing on a server. Then, I create a new replica on my machine. When it is being created, it points to the wrong database. Although after sometime it would point to the database which I wish it would replicated, it takes only 1-2 minutes, or so…
Subject: Database replicates to wrong database
All replicas have the same replica id, and it’s the replica id, not the database path, that is used for replication. The problem you are having is the reason why multiple replicas of a single database on a server is not a good idea.
Subject: RE: Database replicates to wrong database
Thank you very much for the reply. However, although I maintain several replicas on a server, they contain different documents because I use replication formulas to limit the contents.
Subject: RE: Database replicates to wrong database
Again, not a particularly good idea since you can’t control what users are replicating with. This leads to two types of problems:
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users see documents they should not see (or don’t care about) because documents are not properly secured; or
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users don’t see much of anything because the database they’re replicating with doesn’t contain the documents they need and the documents that ARE there are properly secured.