phantom tables - how to get read of them?

Hi all,

I have noticed a very strange bug in DOORS 8.2

There are tables showing in the navigation tree ">>Table" but when I click on it the selected object becomes the first object in the module!?!

It is like it simply doesn't exist! Anyone know how to delete these phantom tables?

Thanks.
gpolley - Thu Apr 09 07:24:10 EDT 2009

Re: phantom tables - how to get read of them?
Peter_Albert - Thu Apr 09 07:59:06 EDT 2009

Just an idea: A long time ago I managed to corrupt a table via DXL by deleting the header or row object while keeping the row object. I don't know how I achieved that, though ... And I seem to remember that those phantom cells appeared in the module just the way you described it.

Back then I hacked the attached script which fixed the problem for me. Since then I didn't have a look at it anymore, so handle with care.

Regards,

Peter
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attachment_14239227_check_tables.dxl

Re: phantom tables - how to get read of them?
dpechacek - Thu Apr 09 08:17:26 EDT 2009

Are you sure you're not in a filtered view?

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Re: phantom tables - how to get read of them?
gpolley - Thu Apr 09 08:33:02 EDT 2009

Hi Guys,

Thanks for help.

Nope, I have no filter on.

I ran the script but it does not detect them.

very very strange!

Re: phantom tables - how to get read of them?
Tony_Goodman - Thu Apr 09 12:51:39 EDT 2009

gpolley - Thu Apr 09 08:33:02 EDT 2009
Hi Guys,

Thanks for help.

Nope, I have no filter on.

I ran the script but it does not detect them.

very very strange!

Peter's script looks for orphaned cells and rows that have no table object parent, so it would not detect empty tables.

I suspect you just have empty tables, which I have seen before.

Hide table cells by unselecting View > Shoe table cells.

You should then see your "Table>>" object in the main column.

Delete it!

Re: phantom tables - how to get read of them?
gpolley - Thu Apr 16 04:04:27 EDT 2009

Tony_Goodman - Thu Apr 09 12:51:39 EDT 2009
Peter's script looks for orphaned cells and rows that have no table object parent, so it would not detect empty tables.

I suspect you just have empty tables, which I have seen before.

Hide table cells by unselecting View > Shoe table cells.

You should then see your "Table>>" object in the main column.

Delete it!

Thanks Tony. They were indedd simply empty tables (no rows or columns). I wrote a simple script to look at all tables and if they had 0 rows deleted them. It dod the trick.