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Opening terminology database with Access

Marcus Malabad  Identity Verified
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Jun 17, 2011

Hi folks,

I'm trying to build a WHERE clause in order to extract entries from my DVX memory. To do that I need to verify what AttrTypeID my DVX system has for client, subject and project (see DVX user guide page 539: http://www.atril.com/sites/default/files/DVXPro_UserGuide_0.pdf).

The user guide says to open the termbase with Access, but Access would always prompt me for a password (and I don't remember ever setting one). So my question is this: Is there any other way of retrieving AttrTypeIDs without using Access?

Thanks in advance,
Marcus


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Selcuk Akyuz  Identity Verified
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AttrTypes Jun 17, 2011

AFAIR there was no password for DVX databases (it was POLI for DV3 TMs). Anyway, standard AttrTypes table (for ATRIL Deja Vu X template) is below:

ID Type Token Name
1 4 pos Part of Speech
2 4 gender Gender
3 4 number Number
4 2 subject Subject
5 2 client Client
6 2 context Context


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Marcus Malabad  Identity Verified
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Attributes table Jun 17, 2011

Thank you very much, Selcuk. My next problem now is how to create an attributes table for an already existing memory database. I constructed the Where clause as instructed in the user guide but I get the error message that "The Microsoft Jet database engine cannot find the input table or query Attributes...". It's probably because I did not create an attributes table when I created the database. Right?

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Selcuk Akyuz  Identity Verified
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Re: Jun 17, 2011

Attributes table is created automatically by DVX. If you can open and use your Termbase, then all required tables are in the database.

If you want to export a subset of your Termbase some SQL commands are required, but there is no need to open Access unless you have modified the template.

So, do you want to export the whole termbase or only a subset of it? No SQL commands required for exporting the complete Termbase, but for a subset (based on date, client, subject), there are several commands that can be used. I can examine your database if you need further assistance.


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Selcuk Akyuz  Identity Verified
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Re: Jun 18, 2011

This was a (corrupted) Translation Memory, not a Termbase. But after "Repair" in DVX the TM was easily opened.

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