Don,

I'm sure you've already looked up Error 154 meaning, but just in case you 
haven't...


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Error 154 - Attempt to read block 0 as text. 
The file DataPerfect is trying to read is corrupt or not a valid format. 
Restore from backup. If there is no backup, try deleting the .IND file, 
exporting all data, deleting panel files and .TXX file, importing data.

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If it's the STR file that's corrupted, you'll need to restore from a backup. 
(You do have a backup right?)

Otherwise, try renaming your panel files one at a time to see if it's one of 
them that has become corrupted. Also try renaming your .TXX file to see if it's 
the corrupted file.

Once you track down which file is corrupt, you can restore a copy of it from 
your most recent backup and hopefully get into the database. Then export all 
data, delete panel, index (IND), and text (TXX) files (leaving just the STR 
file), and then import data back into the database.

You'll likely end up with some lost data. If you have a recent backup, you 
might be best to just restore the backup and then re-enter any data since the 
backup was made.

Also - be sure to run a diagnostic or two on the hard drive that hosts your 
database. If the drive's getting flakey you're spinning your wheels until you 
replace it.

Tim Rude

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Don Friedman 
  To: [email protected] 
  Sent: Monday, October 11, 2010 10:30 AM
  Subject: [Dataperf] Error 154


  I am in an election cycle and was just modifying a report on a very large 
voter database and got kicked out with an error code 154. Re-entering the 
database doesn't work. Removing the index file and attempting to rebuild that 
doesn't work. Trying to export the .str file so I could delete the report I was 
working on doesn't work. Every attempt to use the database is stymied by this 
error code. Does anyone have any ideas on how I could recover this?




  Don

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  Don Friedman
  ProfessionalRecords.Com LLC
  PRS Data Systems
  205 S Main Street
  Pittsburgh, PA   15215
  412-784-1600 - 1-800-PRS-FILE 
  412-784-1615 Fax



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