After I upraded to R7 one of my databases has been acting strange!
User with Author access create’s a document and save’s it
Same user edit the document later
After saving the document some fields will not change and are marked as PROTECTED (field property in document properties)
Security options for those fields are ‘None’
Have anyone had this problem ?
Any idea ?
joisteini
Subject: Some fields marked as PROTECTED after upgrading to R7 !!
I’m having the same problem on a few databases.Has anyone found a solution yet or told IBM?
I have so far not been able to recreate this on a simple database for demonstration.
Subject: IBM knows about this problem
Hi everybody,
after contacting Lotus last week I now know that this problem is known to them. It is being investigated as SPR #SLED6LRN9K.
The problem occurs when a database is used as an address book, locally in the client or via directory assistance on the server.
The Notes directory template uses some protected fields like FullName. In my case, these fields where not in the database and Notes started to protect some other fields instead.
I hope Lotus finds a fix soon. Until then, at least I know what to do.
Thomas
Subject: Workaround
Has anyone tried this workaround?http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=899&uid=swg21237167
Other Keywords: Edits Lost, Losing Edits, Author Fields
Subject: Some fields marked as PROTECTED after upgrading to R7 !!
JYR
Subject: RE: Some fields marked as PROTECTED after upgrading to R7 !!
I do not think that this will help in my case.My problem is that this will allways happen if I create a new document, has nothing to do with old documents 
The fields have never had the Security options “Must have at least Editor access to use.”
Subject: RE: Some fields marked as PROTECTED after upgrading to R7 !!
Hi,
do you have a solution to this ? I am having the same problem and its not even a server upgrade scenario. appreciate any guidance you can provide.
Subject: Some fields marked as PROTECTED after upgrading to R7 !!
We are experiencing a similar issue after upgrading to version 7. We have found that saving the document as an ‘Editor’ one time (as IBM states) does not resolve the issue.
Has anyone found a solution to this, other than giving all users ‘Editor’ access?
Subject: Some fields marked as PROTECTED after upgrading to R7 !!
We are also experiencing a similar problem. This is happening on new and existing documents. The database design does not have this option set on any fields. I’ve run an agent to clear the PROTECTED status of all fields in every document in the database but when some users edit and save a document, some of the fields become protected again. By the way all users have author access to the database and the author and reader fields have an “*” to allow all users to edit. Access can differ from document to document.
I’m still looking at the issue but if anyone has a clue as to why this is happening, then any feedback would be appreciated.