DTTG database differs on different iPads

[tja]

As i suspected some graphical menu bug ( Settings Menu broken in new DTTG - #4 by tja ) I also had a look at my databases.

On two iPads I installed the new version of DTTG and both were synced from the same source (WebDAV).

But they show different content:

[tja]

[tja]

[tja]

So, totally different sizes!
And different number of items!

On DTTG 2.x those numbers were always the same!!!

I never noticed any difference between the devices at all.

[eboehnisch]

The byte sizes here take everything into account, from the full-text index to the actual data files, the sync data, and even temporary files. The number of items, however, should be identical when both are just synced.

[Solar-Glare]

File count in DT and DTTG vary after new setup

I’ve deleted all DTTG2 and DTTG3 installations and setup a competely new sync store on a WebDAV server using a DT installation on macOS. I use multiple databases and all have synced properly to all iOS devices… except 1 database which is reported to have 1 item less than all other devices including DT. I check the number reported under the ‘i’ symbol at the bottom in DTTG. How can this be? To be clear: I consider this to be a completely new setup and immediately after the devices have synced a…

[tja]

Yes, seems to be a common problem.

I saw that the latest version adds a context menu item to check and verify the database.

But after searching 15 minutes, I am apparently too stupid to find it.

Any hint where to find this?

[Solar-Glare]

No sorry. Never knew a check and verify was added.

I simply check item counts with the ‘i’ at the bottom immediately after selecting a database. That’s when I noticed the count was different on one specific device strangely enough. But after reinstalling and downloading all is back in sync.

And might I sound to negative somehow: I still think DT(TG) is a marvelous product, but has it’s glitches. But then again, what software doesn’t?

[dario]

To get verify & repair, long press the database name:

[Solar-Glare]

I pressed long. No verify option. Multiple devices.

I only get ‘Info’ and ‘Copy item link’

[cgrunenberg]

Do you use version 3.0.4?

[Blanc]

@Solar-Glare

Never knew a check and verify was added.

That was added today; have you updated to 3.0.4?

[Solar-Glare]

Ha!

Just updated, and now it’s visible indeed. Thanks.

Did @eboehnisch clone himself? The number of fixes/updates is incredible for such a short amount of time. Even the ‘organize’ bug appears to be repaired I think.

[tja]

That’s a bummer

I am at 3.0.4, but still:

I do not see such an option, and the two databases also differ in what options are shown!

[dario]

Long press not on the inboxes, but on the databases themselves (the DTTG homescreen, when you press Back from where you are now).

[tja]

But on this screen, the main database is not even visible:

Only an unimportant test database.

The main database is the same as the global inbox and that can only be seen in the list of inboxes

[Solar-Glare]

It’s at the bottom under ‘Databases’ and has the same name as your username and number 3 at the end of the line. Long pressing that doesn’t work?

[tja]

No, thats the test database “TJA”.

My real database is the global inbox, as seen above.

But it is not listed seperately.

[Blanc]

You can verify the Global Inbox from the main screen - in which the sidebar is headed “DEVONthink” and the further sections are GLOBAL, SMART GROUPS and DATABASES - by long pressing the words “Global Inbox”. (Another sign that you are on the main screen is that you don’t have a < Back button.)

You cannot perform the verify from the “Inboxes” screen.There is a certain logic to that - you want to verify a whole database and not just its inbox.

[Blanc]

@tja

and the two databases also differ

What you are seeing here is the inbox of your database “Tja” and the global inbox; the Global Inbox takes on a special role in DT(TG), so it’s not surprising it offers different menu entries. I’m going to lean out of the window a bit and say that it isn’t designed to be your main database; just as you wouldn’t choose to keep your box files in your letterbox, I guess. That’s not to say it doesn’t work, (or is “wrong!”) just that I don’t think it was intended that way.