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refetch something already in my workspace?

 

The short answer is to click on the `Refetch' window button. This will re-retrieve the latest version of the composite object shown in this window.

Clicking on the `refetch' button causes a merge of the versions of the object with any new versions that have been stored since the object was last retrieved. If there has been a change, there are three cases to be considered:

In all cases, the merged versions are accessible through the history browsing. (See section 3.5 and 3.6 for information on history.)

A bit of explanation of why you might want to do this:

As you are editing an object in your workspace, all changes stay only in the workspace until you store the object. Until you store, this version of the composite object (window) is called transient (see the glossary in chapter 8).

Additionally, while you are editing, another user might begin editing the same item or another item in the same composite object, thus creating possible conflict.

Once the composite object has been retrieved from the database into the workspace, it will not be retrieved again unless explicitly requested. However, under some circumstances you may wish to explicitly retrieve what the database has as the latest version of the object. For example, you may wish to merge the changes made by another user into the current version of the composite object so as to see the changes.



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Martin Sjolin
Mon May 29 19:53:45 MET DST 1995