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   Kenneth to All   
   A strange "deletion" situation...?   
   21 Nov 06 10:43:23   
   
   From: usenet@soleSPAMLESSassociates.com   
      
   Howdy,   
      
   We run P9 under Win 2000 and also XP. Our LAN has six boxes.   
      
   A few minutes ago, my assistant came in to my office and   
   asked "Did you intentionally remove yourself from our   
   database...?"   
      
   Of course, I had not, and so, I checked using forms, and by   
   viewing tables, and indeed my own record was gone from the   
   parent table.   
      
   Here is the aspect that I find particularly strange:   
      
   We link our tables on an ID key.   
      
   We store names, addresses, phone numbers etc. all linked on   
   that key. So, there are lots of properly linked child tables   
   in our setup.   
      
   No one (other than I) can access the tables.   
      
   When I re-entered my own ID number, last name, and first   
   name in the parent table, all of the linked data appeared   
   properly in our primary form.   
      
   Using the form, how might it have been possible to delete   
   the name information without first deleting all the   
   information in the child tables?   
      
   If I am understanding this correctly, there is no simple act   
   that could have accidentally caused the problem, but I   
   certainly want to be sure that it does not happen again.   
      
   I would appreciate any thoughts on this...   
      
   Sincere thanks,   
   --   
   Kenneth   
      
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