Global Text Field Getting Erased

[Mark DeNyse]

I've noticed that occasionally when I open up a FM 7 database the contents of some global text fields are getting erased. This isn't a by-product of a script or a user - I've seen this occur in two totally different databases. Has anyone else seen this? Known bug? It appears to be totally random to me.

Anyone have any ideas?

[transpower]

Global fields are basically dummy variables used to store temporary information; they should not be used to store record information.

[Lee Smith]

Are the files being served?

[Mark DeNyse]

Are the files being served?

I've seen this both ways - one DB is on FM Server 7 on a Mac, another is just a single user DB on my PowerBook...

[-Queue-]

When served files are closed and opened, globals will reset to their default value, the value contained when the files where last closed in single-user. A single-user file should maintain its global's values.