Library on hard drive - dissapeared images...

Hey all
Have been using iphoto for some time and started to run out of space on my powerbook - so bought a portable hard drive and moved library on there.
Worked perfectly for 6 months, but a week ago created a second library on my powerbook for when i don't have the drive. Different name. Swapping between them using the option key on loading up - again perfect.
But in the last few days when i go to switch back to the hard drive version, I select the file - see that it is 40gb, click to open, BUT NONE OF THE PICTURES OR ALBUMS APPEAR...
I have a backup, but will have lost some current work in progress. Any ideas??
No error message, but it has said that thumbs needed updating which i said fine to...
Cheers
Ash

Ash
Why might that have happened in the first place?
A damaged database file occurs when the app is interrupted while writing to the db. A crash, a force quit, minor hard disk issues... any of these can cause the problem.
Is it alright having two libraries?
Perfectly, iPhoto Library Manager makes managing this very easy - including moving pics/albums/events between the Libraries.
do you personally use Aperture - as the reason behind all of this is that i am currently swapping between the two programs.
I use Aperture, but my family prefer iPhoto for the simplicity. So I process my own RAW's in Aperture then output the jpegs for the iPhoto Library.
Were it not for the others in the house I would have migrated over completely by now. Aperture can do everything that Aperture can, and then a whole lot more.
I have a backup from 2 weeks ago, but have done at least 15 shoots since then - if i take the file to overwrite from the backup - what will happen to the images from this period?
If you overwrite the db file then iPhoto will simply not know about those other shoots. So drag the event folders from the iPhoto Package File to the desktop and re-import them.
If I take the opportunity now to migrate everything to Aperture - can i do that whilst keeping all the originals and modified intact
Yes, use the Import iPhoto Library command.
Regards
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