> > I'm using D4 on an NT4 Workstation using the Apollo BDE replacement.
> > Despite using Apollo's COMMIT (which maps to POST) everywhere, data
> > updates won't physically update to disk until the application is exited
> > normally.  Abnormal exits result in data loss.  I can't use FLUSHBUFFERS
> > because Apollo's dataset isn't a descendent of TDBEDataSet.
> > Furthermore, I can't find any settings to change in NT4, either.
> > Ideas???

> Troy,
> first try to turn of the Apollo's optimistic buffeing (set TApolloDataSet's
> property OptimisticBuffer to false). And second, this problem might also
> be related to some Apollo anomally (bug) I noticed (it might be fixed on
> later versions - I haven't tried 4.5.4 or 4.6) - if you use DataSource's
> AutoEdit option (which probbably means that you're relying on it and not
> explicitly calling the Edit nor Post methods from the code) and just close
> the application/window, no changes will be written to database. The solution
> is to use Form's OnClose (or on Destroy) event hadnler, check there if
> DataSet is in dsEdit or dsInsert mode and then explicitly call the Post
> method. That worked for me, hopefully it will work for you.

> --
> Jovan Bulajic
> Belgrade, Yu
> bul...@sezampro.yu

> I don't need AutoEdit set to True, so I'll check that out.  Given my experiences
> with properties having odd effects, it's certainly worth a shot.

> Thanks!

> Troy

> Jovan Bulajic wrote:

> > Troy Gilbert <safe...@earthlink.net> wrote:

> > > I'm using D4 on an NT4 Workstation using the Apollo BDE replacement.
> > > Despite using Apollo's COMMIT (which maps to POST) everywhere, data
> > > updates won't physically update to disk until the application is exited
> > > normally.  Abnormal exits result in data loss.  I can't use FLUSHBUFFERS
> > > because Apollo's dataset isn't a descendent of TDBEDataSet.
> > > Furthermore, I can't find any settings to change in NT4, either.
> > > Ideas???

> > Troy,
> > first try to turn of the Apollo's optimistic buffeing (set TApolloDataSet's
> > property OptimisticBuffer to false). And second, this problem might also
> > be related to some Apollo anomally (bug) I noticed (it might be fixed on
> > later versions - I haven't tried 4.5.4 or 4.6) - if you use DataSource's
> > AutoEdit option (which probbably means that you're relying on it and not
> > explicitly calling the Edit nor Post methods from the code) and just close
> > the application/window, no changes will be written to database. The solution
> > is to use Form's OnClose (or on Destroy) event hadnler, check there if
> > DataSet is in dsEdit or dsInsert mode and then explicitly call the Post
> > method. That worked for me, hopefully it will work for you.

> > --
> > Jovan Bulajic
> > Belgrade, Yu
> > bul...@sezampro.yu