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Re: Problem with recreating standard-data

 

No, no, no,

Because of consistency and reliability of data no record should be deleted,

We should complaint and complaint again until we are hear

But I stick with no deleting data

Regards

Hbto [Vauxoo]
On Oct 16, 2012 8:37 AM, "Marvin Hass" <m.hass@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> I don't agree with you! Not all object can be disabled! What do you
> propose to do with the product categories? If you delete one of it (many of
> our customers delete the categors "All Products") you will find it again in
> your ERP after updating the module. Deleted data have to be deleted!
>
> If the ERP gets buggy when you delete the 'worng' data is in my oppinion
> an huge issue!
>
> What do you tell your customers?
>
> Am 16.10.2012 15:14, schrieb Humberto Arocha:
> >
> > Deleting should come as a last resource measure, if you do not want to
> have that "useless" data, you should deactive it, that is What best
> practice mandates, no record should be deleted,
> >
> > Regarding ORM control over this issues would be a waste of time and
> money, would it worth?
> >
> > Regarding documentation, this is not a tuna can or a microwave oven,
> which you buy at the grocery store, and come with directions,
> >
> > The Day OPENERP comes with a book of how-to's, I'll take my suitcases
> and say good bye because there will be no more space for me as an open
> source Partner in here, because that Day openerp will on close source code,
> >
> > Openerp is plenty of information and documentation on its code lines,
> >
> > Would you say, Aha! What about me as a partner I should have those docs
> as a prime time because I am at partner, well, let me say it, and I will be
> tougher, you have not understood the openerp business model, and again this
> is not a tuna can,
> >
> > Openerp takes in charge of R&D, marketing, we, as partners, take in
> charge of the convincing the costumer this platform, this "perfectly
> unfinish product" is the right choice for them, we are in charge of keeping
> well acknowledged, this we keep competitive toward other partner, if just
> buying documentation is the way for me keeping competitive, then again we
> are using the wrong platform,
> > Am I lame? , maybe, I cant be less straightforward, I try to be crystal
> claro.
> >
> > Best Regards to the whole community & partner community
> >
> > Hbto [Vauxoo]
> >
> > On Oct 16, 2012 4:31 AM, "Marvin Hass" <m.hass@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:m.hass@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> <m.hass@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >
> >
> > The question is: why did you delete Andorra to recreate it later?
> >
> > Why not? I'm able to delete the objects without a warning! On the other
> > hand -> what should i tell customers (as an OpenERP-Partner)? 'It's not
> > recommended to delete some standard-data (which are not documentated) in
> > OpenERP because we aren't able to update the server without problems'.
> >
> > I understand that deleting countries not typical but the problem is
> > present on every object which is created while a moduleinstallation.
> >
> > We have the same problem with the pricelists! Costumers create his own
> > pricelist and deletes the old ones.
> >
> > Kind regards,
> >
> > Marvin Hass
> >
> > Am 16.10.2012 10:24, schrieb Olivier Dony:
> > > On 10/16/2012 10:05 AM, Marvin Hass wrote:
> > >> ValueError: No such external ID currently defined in the system:
> > >> base.ad <http://base.ad> <http://base.ad> 2012-10-16 06:58:00,734
> 5905 ERROR max_61 openerp.netsvc:
> > >> No such external ID currently defined in the system: base.ad
> <http://base.ad> <http://base.ad>
> > >>
> > >> If you want to generate this error -> follow this steps: 1. I
> > >> deleted all countries from res.country (which are not important
> > >> for my busseness) 2. I added Andorra (code = ad) to res.country
> > >> 3. Start the server with --update=all
> >
> > > The question is: why did you delete Andorra to recreate it later?
> > > The list of countries is part of the base data of OpenERP, and
> > > several
> > things
> > > depend on it (similarly to the list of currencies). That's why the
> > system will
> > > try to re-create it at each update. You should not delete them,
> > especially to
> > > recreate conflicting countries afterwards.
> >
> > > If the size of the list really bothers you, look into alternative
> > > customizations, like setting a default value for the country field
> > > and
> > then
> > > hiding it from the view, or adding a custom filter on these fields
> > > to
> > only let
> > > Andorra appear (this requires some knowledge in OpenERP
> > > customization).
> >
> >
> > >> I think it is a big issue! If i delete standard-data and recreate
> > >> the entry i'm not able to update my system anymore!
> >
> > > Well this is the expected behavior, and only happens because each
> > country is
> > > (fortunately!) required to be unique, and the list of countries is
> > part of the
> > > base data of the system, re-created at each update. You should be
> > > able to fix your problem by deleting the Andorra record you
> > > manually created, then performing the update again, to let the
> > > system
> > re-create
> > > the countries. If you can't delete your Andorra record because
> > > many
> > documents
> > > reference it already, you could rename it or (harder) manually
> > > create an 'ir.model.data' entry to make the system believe this is
> > > the original
> > 'Andorra'
> > > record. Ask for more details if you don't know how to do this.
> >
> > > Hope this helps..
> >
> >
> >
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