A Must-Have When Going Live – DBF Trace Check

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A Must-Have When Going Live – DBF Trace Check

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Hello friends,

When the webserver went live on production data, and especially when the room plan – the core of the hotel management system – started running on it, one question naturally remained:

Is everything really being processed correctly?

Even with careful testing, working with real DBF data built up over decades creates a different level of responsibility. This is where the DBF Trace Check tool proved invaluable.

It compares a validated reference snapshot with the current data state and clearly shows what was deleted, changed, or new.
No interference with live operation. No locks. Just facts.

Being able to run this check at any time and immediately see what actually changed since the last verification is extremely reassuring.
During a go-live phase, this is not a nice-to-have — it’s a must-have.

Best regards,
Otto

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