Hoster3.316

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by JeanneLawber

My computer is supposed to automatically update. If I delete the song database will I have to reload all the songs again from the hard copies?

First the "Automatic" update only installs Microsoft deemed "critical" updates. You need to go to Microsoft Updates and do a "Custom" update and load all items. This will update the Net.Frame and other updates that are not done automatically but are needed.
Secondly, deleting the songs.mdb file will not delete all the songs you have imported. Delete both songs.mdb and songs_backup.mdb, then open Hoster. It will rebuild the database files and you are back in business.

[JeanneLawber]

Thank you for the info. I'm going to try it and hopefully I'll be back in business real soon. It sure is a bummer to think about hauling all those CD's again. Thanks again for the helpful information, it is really appreciated.

[JeanneLawber]

It worked. Thank you ever so much. I can't believe it! I was so afraid to do anything for fear of losing all my long hours of importing my CDG's. I thought it was hopeless. I am so glad I got on here and asked for help. This was a costly lesson but well worth the price in the long run. Thanks again.

[bryant]

Originally Posted by ddouglass

First the "Automatic" update only installs Microsoft deemed "critical" updates. You need to go to Microsoft Updates and do a "Custom" update and load all items. This will update the Net.Frame and other updates that are not done automatically but are needed.
Secondly, deleting the songs.mdb file will not delete all the songs you have imported. Delete both songs.mdb and songs_backup.mdb, then open Hoster. It will rebuild the database files and you are back in business.

Dale,
Out of curiosity, what does get deleted when we delete the song.mdb database file? In other words, what does this file contain?
Bryant

[Beavis]

your welcome

if i were you i would make a back up copy of your .kma's

buy a external hard drive (they are cheap) and drag and drop all you hard work to the external so in the event your hard drive fails you will be back in business in 30 minutes or less !

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by bryant

Dale,
Out of curiosity, what does get deleted when we delete the song.mdb database file? In other words, what does this file contain?
Bryant

Songs.mdb is a database file that tells Hoster all the information about the kma files including the location (path) to the file needed. Consider songs.mdb as a road map for Hoster. Just because you throw away the road map doesn't mean the roads aren't still there. This could be done directly from the kma file, but would be extremely slow as Hoster would have to read the header for each kma file to find the one it was looking for.

[bryant]

I see, then what physically happens when one deletes a song.mdb file. How and when does it return?

[ddouglass]

Originally Posted by bryant

I see, then what physically happens when one deletes a song.mdb file. How and when does it return?

When you "rebuild the database" a new file with the same name is created.