I have an application that resides on user’s workstation (local database). After rolling out the application I realized that there are some issues with an agent and I want to replace the design from a template now. Please note that : 1. The design is hidden from the end user.
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Refresh design will not work since the database is a local one.
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We can ask the users to replace the design manually. However it is not advisable since all users may not do it properly.
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There are couple of instances where the local nsf accesses a server database.(programatically thru lotus script)
Is it possible to push the changes to user’s local database ? Is it advisable to run a scheduled agent on local to replace the design so that in future we wont face this problem ?
Your comments will be highly appreciated.
Josy
Subject: Replace design on local nsf.
Is there no server replica of the database? If there is, then changes to the server replica will replicate down to local.
Subject: RE: Replace design on local nsf.
JYR,
In fact my user name was locked due to some reasons and I could not login to post my query. So I created another user name. That is why there are two posts under my name for the same query.
I have contacted the helpdesk and hope that they will remove the duplicate one.
Subject: RE: Replace design on local nsf.
No. There is no server replica of the database. When user accesses the database, it fetches information from different databases and store it in the local database.
Subject: RE: Replace design on local nsf.
I’d suggest creating server replica(s) – local databases do not get the regular compact/updall massage treatment, so they are more prone to corruption, and if the db gets toasted it’s the only copy, so you’re toasted as well.
Subject: RE: Replace design on local nsf.
The situation is such, that i cannot have one server copy for each user. The users subscribe to certain items and in database open event, it fetches required information from server and stores it in local.One workaround i tried is writing a schedule agent that runs on local and replaces the design with the server template.