Did I lose a definition file? What do I do?
John
I'm really stuck with a bunch of old database files that I can't
appear to "open" properly since I upgraded from PowerDesigner 6.x to
8.0.1. A long, long time ago, I wrote a *bunch* of database files
with powerdesigner 6.x (can't remember the exact version). These
database were written for Sybase ASE 11.5.
Later, I upgraded my version of PowerDesigner to 8.0.1. Now, when I
try to open my old database files, I get a warning message that the
file "syase115.xdb" can't be found (there are references to this
now-non-existent file inside my database files). I've looked all over
the computer (and the web) and can't find this file anywhere. After I
get this warning, it says that I have to open the file with a
different definitions file - so I choose syase11x.xdb. Unfortunately,
now when I open my old database files, the identity column information
I used to have seems to get nuked whenever I try to generate new
files. For example, I had a simple table with 2 columns: the first
was an identity column and the second was a short string. I no longer
know how to specify an identity column under PowerDesigner 8.0.1 using
syase11x.xdb!
What should I do? Did I accidentally lose syase115.xdb? (That's what
I think). Did it get nuked during the update to 8.0.1? Does anybody
out there have it? Is there a way to use PowerDesigner 8.0.1 to
create databases for Sybase ASE11.9 so that I can use identity
columns?
Any light you can shed would be helpful cuz I'm really stuck.
-john