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Originally Posted by Zevs
Thanks very much for the suggestions RS, but isn't the database of my bought books supposed to be managed by the Sony e-book software.... I'm not doing anything with the database except in the software, so to me it still seems to be caused by a malfunctional software.
Anyhow,sorry for my ignorance, but what is XMLspy and XMLfox and how do I find them and use them ?
Of course I could re-downlaod my books again, but since the e-book library software freezes up completely every time I try to get to my bought books, that is not an option either.
Zevs
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The xdb database is manipulated by the software, and as we've all noticed the software isn't really able to deal with problems. Your term "malfunctional" sums it up nicely.
XMLspy and XMLfox are freeware XML manipulation tools. you should be able to google them up easily. That said, these are NOT user friendly programs. They offer you the option to go through the database and change stuff. Of course, you'd only ever work on a copy! When the database is corrupt and you change stuff, you have a 50/50 chance of making it worse. The more you know about XML, the lower the chance of making it worse. My real recommendation was about the backup, taking an XML weed whacker to your database is really for database experts only.
The problem with downloading and reading the books in again, if you can't go to a known good backup first, is that writing new entries into a corrupt database is not likely to repair the damage, except by luck.
You might be better off starting over, so you know you have a good database. ;-(