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Re[2]: Can Symbol description be saved in .xpo?



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Jimmy,

Is this ("export...delete data...import...") also a way of indirectly
defragging the data at the same time? Is it a better defrag than winXP
defrag?


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 jon                           mailto:jonmac@xxxxxxxxxxx



Friday, July 23, 2004, 1:18:21 PM, you wrote:
J> Abhijit,

J> I'm not sure why you are deleting the stock but if you don't have to
J> then simply export the data then delete the data not the symbol and
J> then import the data again.

J> This is what I do to clean up my data if I think it is corrupt.  I
J> first close all TS apps then copy the Server or at least the PDS
J> folder, assuming you are running TS2ki, then crank up the GS and do
J> the export...delete data...import...

J> Hope that is helpful.  I like the description myself.  I have noticed
J> that using Esignal when I add a symbol the description shows up pretty
J> quickly all by itself.  Cool.  Most of the time I'm too lazy to type
J> that in.

J> Jimmy


J> Thursday, July 22, 2004, 10:09:44 PM, you wrote:

AD>> I have a few symbols in GS, for which the "Description" field is filled
AD>> in (stocks name). I like to see the name of the stock when I pull up a
AD>> chart. Sadly, if I
AD>> a) export data to a .xpo file
AD>> b) clean out GS
AD>> c) import it back
AD>> the Description field doesn't make it back.

AD>> Any workarounds?

AD>> Thanks,

AD>> Abhijit