subversion vs cvs [not a troll]

[John Toliver]

After the original post I decided to take a closer look at subversion.
Decided to go with bazaar as a subversion control program because it
works with windows as well.  I wanted it so I could manage the database
project I have been working on.  My method of saving was simply
overwrite the original with new changes.

I installed it on a windows box, shared a drive, created the subversion
branch etc. and everything seemed to go well until I made my first
change to the database (an openoffice database btw.  Bazaar seems unable
to see that I made a change.  Every time I type bzr commit -m "whatever
comments I have" it tells me:

F:\UserData\JOHN\PROJECTS\PaperGenTool>bzr commit -m "did a test edit
and added
some garbage data to test record"
Committing to: F:/UserData/JOHN/PROJECTS/PaperGenTool/
bzr: ERROR: no changes to commit. use --unchanged to commit anyhow
*I think this means it can't see changes mad inside the database*

F:\UserData\JOHN\PROJECTS\PaperGenTool>bzr log
------------------------------------------------------------
revno: 1
committer: John Toliver <john.toliver at gmail.com>
branch nick: PaperGenTool
timestamp: Sun 2008-04-27 10:38:06 -0400
message:
  Initial Import
*It seems to only recognize that I added the initial file and no more.

My question is for something like this, is subversion, provided by
bazaar not appropriate for this type of work?  Should I be using a
different program or should I simply keep track of my changes manually?

Patience yields far greater results than brute force or rage ever could
so relax......it's just life !!!
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