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What to do with conflicted copies?
Our office has two desktop computers. Both of them access the same Dropbox. No mobile devices or other computers are involved.
In the Dropbox there is a database.
The database is _never_ used fro...
Åke E. wrote:
We are also confused because "conflicted copies" should not appear unless two people worked on the database at the same time. So why does this happen?
A conflicted copy occurs when a file has been changed from multiple locations. Something has to have the file open in multiple locations for the conflict to occur. A file doesn't necessarily need to change for a conflict to occur. Simply opening it can cause it, especially in Microsoft products which modify a file simply by opening it, even if you don't save it.
The only way to know which one contains the correct data is to open both and compare them. Also note that it's not recommended to use database files within Dropbox specifically for this very reason.
If you want to see what changes were made (if any) to each of the copies of the conflicted document in a Microsoft file, go into the program (for example, Microsoft Word). You can do this from within one of the conflicted files, or from a blank document (I believe). Go to the REVIEW command on the top bar, and then find the COMPARE option. You put the names of each of the files, and give another name (like "changes") to specify a location where changes might go. Click OK, and then you will see highlights of what is different in each file. There are helpful videos that show how to do this too. Hope this helps.
I apologize. My suggestion works for some MS programs (i.e., Word), but not Databases.
- Mark
Super User II
It should in theory work for a database as well - as long as everything has uploaded and downloaded to another machine before being used, however, the difference between Office files and databases is its a lot LOT harder to fix if a database becomes corrupted compared to a Office file!
