R
rlove
Good Day,
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated. If I can't get these issues
resolved, we're going to have to resort back to ACT - which I don't want to
do!
We use BCM on 4 computers. One is our psuedo-server (pc-pc) which is where
the database is stored, sharing with our other 3 pcs.
About a week or so ago, we started getting all sorts of errors. The db
would say it was detected, but still unable to connect each time any of us
tried. I tried restoring backups made, but they all resorted in errors and
would not restore.
I took my offline database and exported it (in an effort to save all of my
work) and tried to reinstall it on the server as a new database. This
resulted in some field errors, which I was ok with as they were not
important, but when I compared the two dbs they were totally off with missing
business contacts in accounts just off the top of my review.
Also, I'm not sure if this has anything to do with it - The SQL server
update pack will not install. I've been trying for months, contacted
Microsoft and they could not explain nor get it to work.
SO - can anyone tell me 1. How can I repair/restore my old db? or 2. Can
I merge my old with the new one I created to harness all of the data/changes,
etc.?
3. How can I keep this from recurring again?
Please help, I would really like to keep BCM, but I'm losing the battle with
my coworkers....
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated. If I can't get these issues
resolved, we're going to have to resort back to ACT - which I don't want to
do!
We use BCM on 4 computers. One is our psuedo-server (pc-pc) which is where
the database is stored, sharing with our other 3 pcs.
About a week or so ago, we started getting all sorts of errors. The db
would say it was detected, but still unable to connect each time any of us
tried. I tried restoring backups made, but they all resorted in errors and
would not restore.
I took my offline database and exported it (in an effort to save all of my
work) and tried to reinstall it on the server as a new database. This
resulted in some field errors, which I was ok with as they were not
important, but when I compared the two dbs they were totally off with missing
business contacts in accounts just off the top of my review.
Also, I'm not sure if this has anything to do with it - The SQL server
update pack will not install. I've been trying for months, contacted
Microsoft and they could not explain nor get it to work.
SO - can anyone tell me 1. How can I repair/restore my old db? or 2. Can
I merge my old with the new one I created to harness all of the data/changes,
etc.?
3. How can I keep this from recurring again?
Please help, I would really like to keep BCM, but I'm losing the battle with
my coworkers....