Bug in OWB 10gR2: Several Loading Properties after sync

Hi,
we recognize a possible bug in owb, can anybody please approves this behaviour?
Every column of a table in an owb mapping has fourr loading properties:
- Load Column When Updating Row (YES/NO, default YES)
- Match Column When Updating Row (YES/NO, default NO)
- Load Column When Inserting Row (YES/NO, default YES)
- Match Column When Deleting Row (YES/NO, default NO)
These properties are stored as a record in the repository and references the column. If you change one of the values, this record will be updated in the repos. But if you do a "synchronize" for the table, you get a second record - for each sync one more! Updates changes only the latest record!
If you copy a mapping (using "Cut"/"Copy" and "Paste") or do an import/export the owb uses not the latest record, he choose one of them by chance. So you cannot easily reproduce this error and the mappings probably don't do what they should.
What are your experiences - do you recognize this too?
Regards,
Detlef
Edited by: dapel on Oct 20, 2008 12:10 PM

Update:
The sync process essentially creates orphaned records within the repository which unfortunately get exported/imported into the next repository, making it random which child detail record gets imported last. This phenomenum is what makes the "Yes/No" attributes somewhat unpredictable. OWB 10.2.0.4 includes a bugfix for this.
There is a cleanup script from oracle for existing repositories I have attached this script with the caveat that you should make a complete repository backup before proceeding. This script also allow you to run it in "test-only" mode to see how many bad records will be removed.
Script:
http://rapidshare.com/files/156472039/FIX_OWB_REPO.sql.html
Regards,
Detlef

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