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romdouk

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« on: September 29, 2009, 05:07:51 PM »
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John Racars

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Re: Editing the Database
« Reply #1 on: September 29, 2009, 05:59:28 PM »
What file do I need to copy from the Data folder in order to keep my amended database as it is when I install the new v3.06?

Hi Terry,

To keep your amended database you should copy the "NavData.db3" file.
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Re: Editing the Database
« Reply #2 on: September 29, 2009, 06:20:45 PM »
Hi Terry

You can edit your database with an SQL editor. Although I'm not an expert I used SQL Lite Browser.

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Re: Editing the Database
« Reply #3 on: September 29, 2009, 10:06:58 PM »
SQLite Maestro is good, but not free.  I use it for all my database editing, reporting, queries, etc.

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Re: Editing the Database
« Reply #4 on: September 30, 2009, 07:15:13 AM »
Hi Terry

I've used SQ Lite to do mass updates/delete. Have a look at this site, I find it helpful

http://www.w3schools.com/SQl/sql_intro.asp

Make a copy of your Navdata file to practice on, so you don't break your main file


Hope this helps

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Re: Editing the Database
« Reply #5 on: September 30, 2009, 08:42:47 AM »
Just to clarify, SQLite is the database platform chosen by AirNav (and, prior to that, by Kinetic) to host the data embedded in their respective products.

SQLite is a pretty standard implementation of SQL (Structured Query Language), an industry-standard language for defining and manipulating databases and the data therein, with other probably better-known implementations including MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, etc)

There are dozens of utilities available to allow a user to interact with an SQLite database using SQL commands - some are free and some are shareware or commercial products such as SQLite Maestro.  Similarly, some have a nice GUI front end to make the data definition and manipulation process easier, whereas some are fairly crude (but equally powerful) command-line tools which demand a bit more knowledge of SQL.

My personal preference is for the latter (see www.sqlite.org/download.html), but that's probably a result of having lived and breathed SQL for the last 20 years  :-)
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