[vwnc] A Store question ...

I have a method that was removed.

The last change to that method was Aug1/2005 -- but the method was
there after that.

The question is -- when was the method deleted.  Can I find that out
easily?

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You can get the info with Store UI tools.
(1) Use menu item VisualLauncher> Store> Browse Definitions> Selector...
and type in the name of the deleted method.
Alternatively, if you have an image that still holds this method, select
the method with a refactoring browser and use menu item "Store> Browse
Versions". Both procedures will bring up a Store version list browser
for the requested method.
(2) In this version browser, use menu item "Containing Packages...".
This will open a package version list browser showing all package
versions that ever held the deleted method. The list is sorted (don't
know which direction), so you can easily see the last version that held
the deleted method.

Of course, this manual approach is appropriate for small lists of
methods. Just ask, if you need a database query for extensive search for
lots of methods.
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Dennis Smith schrieb:
> I have a method that was removed.
>
> The last change to that method was Aug1/2005 -- but the method was
> there after that.
>
> The question is -- when was the method deleted.  Can I find that out
> easily?
>
>  

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Dennis:

> The question is -- when was the method deleted.  Can I find that out
> easily?


Since you asked "easily", the answer is: No.

Except when doing a Store GC, no table row is ever deleted in Store,  
nor is a table row ever updated. Store ONLY does inserts.

What happens (in effect) when you delete a method and publish the (now  
non-containing) package, the tw_methods table writes out a list of  
package ids and related method ids, and leaves out the "deleted" method.

If you load a version of the containing package, and select the  
method, and look at versions, then select the newest version of that,  
and look at containing packages, and then write down the newest  
package, then look at all versions of the package and look at the  
newest one after that one....

                                 And So It Goes
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Thanks, that worked -- a bit slow but not bad.

Holger Guhl wrote:
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