I keep losing my Cato database!

koohead · 08-12-2003, 03:12 AM

Okay, I'm sure I'm doing something really stupid, but someone please hit me upside my head and explain this to me. I output the league html files from ootp5 into a folder. I run the Cato utility, create the database and save it in the same folder as the html output. I then generate the website, and everything works great. I backup the database just to be safe (you'll see why). I sim another season, generate the html, and go to open up Cato, but the database is gone! Backup is gone too! not even in my recycle bin. What am I doing wrong? I've spent 2 nights now restoring leagues to try to get this stupid thing to work.

Sandstorm3 · 08-12-2003, 08:19 AM

is the web site still there? the database should be in the same folder as the web site.

ctorg · 08-12-2003, 10:27 AM

I think I saw it running down the street. I'll try to grab it, but I can't promise anything.

koohead · 08-12-2003, 11:33 AM

Sandstorm: yup...the entire "website" directory is still there. It's a sub-folder of the directory where the database should be...just no database.

Weiner: I appreciate the effort. Maybe if you get all the Lil' smokies to help ya, you can round it up for me. Thanks!

Gastric ReFlux · 08-12-2003, 02:58 PM

Leave $10,000 in small unmarked bills in a tan briefcase behind the 7-11 and I'll tell you how to ensure its safe return.

koohead · 08-12-2003, 03:05 PM

extortion by a Yak. Now I know I've hit rock bottom

AngelinOF · 08-12-2003, 07:08 PM

Have you tried to search your computer for the file(s)? Perhaps they are being saved to a different folder.

Do a file find search (hit F3 while viewing a folder and search your hard drive(s)) for *.mdb and see if anything comes up.

koohead · 08-13-2003, 03:01 AM

Turns out that the OOTP5 html generator clears out the target directory. Silly. So, I just created my mdb in a different directory than where my html gets generated to. simple fix. Thanks for all the help. Your suggestions got me thinking more and I think I've fixed it for now!

AngelinOF · 08-13-2003, 04:13 AM

Ahh you had your *.mdb and backup inside the "leaguesite" folder? Yeah whenever you generate html files inside the game it deletes everything from that folder, I always just saved the DB file to the history folder since you usually spend alot of time going to and from that folder.

ctorg · 08-13-2003, 02:03 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by koohead
extortion by a Yak. Now I know I've hit rock bottom

Somehow, the "sheep" has become the "yak" now.

koohead · 08-13-2003, 03:07 PM

ooops..sorry. You are correct...it is a sheep

08-12-2003, 03:12 AM	#1
koohead Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 3,230	I keep losing my Cato database! Okay, I'm sure I'm doing something really stupid, but someone please hit me upside my head and explain this to me. I output the league html files from ootp5 into a folder. I run the Cato utility, create the database and save it in the same folder as the html output. I then generate the website, and everything works great. I backup the database just to be safe (you'll see why). I sim another season, generate the html, and go to open up Cato, but the database is gone! Backup is gone too! not even in my recycle bin. What am I doing wrong? I've spent 2 nights now restoring leagues to try to get this stupid thing to work. __________________ GM - New Jersey Bears of the NPBL;

08-12-2003, 08:19 AM	#2
Sandstorm3 Minors (Double A) Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: West Seneca, NY Posts: 157	is the web site still there? the database should be in the same folder as the web site. __________________ "I'm very well acquainted with the seven deadly sins, I keep a busy sechdual trying to fit them in" Mr. Bad Example (Warren Zevon)

08-12-2003, 10:27 AM	#3
ctorg Global Moderator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 9,848	I think I saw it running down the street. I'll try to grab it, but I can't promise anything. __________________ My music "When the trees blow back and forth, that's what makes the wind." - Steven Wright Fjord emena pancreas thorax fornicate marmalade morpheme proteolysis smaxa cabana offal srue vitriol grope hallelujah lentils

08-12-2003, 11:33 AM	#4
koohead Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 3,230	Sandstorm: yup...the entire "website" directory is still there. It's a sub-folder of the directory where the database should be...just no database. Weiner: I appreciate the effort. Maybe if you get all the Lil' smokies to help ya, you can round it up for me. Thanks! __________________ GM - New Jersey Bears of the NPBL;

08-12-2003, 03:05 PM	#6
koohead Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 3,230	extortion by a Yak. Now I know I've hit rock bottom __________________ GM - New Jersey Bears of the NPBL;

08-12-2003, 02:58 PM	#5
Gastric ReFlux Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Member #3409 Posts: 8,350	Leave $10,000 in small unmarked bills in a tan briefcase behind the 7-11 and I'll tell you how to ensure its safe return.

08-12-2003, 07:08 PM	#7
AngelinOF All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kentucky Posts: 1,353	Have you tried to search your computer for the file(s)? Perhaps they are being saved to a different folder. Do a file find search (hit F3 while viewing a folder and search your hard drive(s)) for *.mdb and see if anything comes up.

08-13-2003, 03:01 AM	#8
koohead Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 3,230	Turns out that the OOTP5 html generator clears out the target directory. Silly. So, I just created my mdb in a different directory than where my html gets generated to. simple fix. Thanks for all the help. Your suggestions got me thinking more and I think I've fixed it for now! __________________ GM - New Jersey Bears of the NPBL;

08-13-2003, 04:13 AM	#9
AngelinOF All Star Starter Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kentucky Posts: 1,353	Ahh you had your *.mdb and backup inside the "leaguesite" folder? Yeah whenever you generate html files inside the game it deletes everything from that folder, I always just saved the DB file to the history folder since you usually spend alot of time going to and from that folder.

08-13-2003, 03:07 PM	#11
koohead Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 3,230	ooops..sorry. You are correct...it is a sheep __________________ GM - New Jersey Bears of the NPBL;