DATATABLES and DATAITEMS tables are empty after dbutility configure and dbutility define steps

Technical Note IRE2738
Created 14-Mar-2005

Applies To
DataBridge

DataBridge client

starting with a clean database, after configure and define DATASETS table contains a number of records (as expected), the DMS_ITEMS table contains a number of records (as expected)

Symptoms

DATATABLES and DATAITEMS tables are empty after dbutility configure and dbutility define steps

Changes

customer's DBRIDGE.CFG reads:

preserve_deletes      = yes
keep_history_only     = yes

Cause

Important note in the client documentation:
Caution: If you set keep_history_only = Yes without setting ds_options = 8, no tables will be cloned or updated.When set to Yes, the keep_history_only parameter disables the primary data set.
The DSOPT_Save_Updates bit prevents the history table from being created if the bit is reset

Fix

Set ds_options = 8