Turn off write behind caching in NT and 95/98, or move to a client/server
database :).
Regards,
Dennis.
> -----Original Message-----
> I get the same thing with one of my clients (app written in BCB4), all
> of their machines are NT4 Workstation.
> I have attributed it to the following:
>
> a) main data file is over 100MB
> even though this isn't meant to be a problem
> b) slow network
> c) not all machines have BDE configured optimally.
>
> As for the third part, I have configured the BDE on a few of the
> machines to increase the number of file handles, buffer
> sizes, etc., and
> this seems to have improved their performance. I'm not convinced that
> it will solve the index corruption problems.
>
> My guess is that it is the combination of a) and b) above
> that cause the
> problem.
> As yet I haven't found a way around this.
>
> Regards,
>
> Bevan
>
> > HI All,
> > I have a Delphi 3 App deployed using Paradox Database.
> >
> > We always run into Corrupt file problems the message that
> usually comes up
> > is "Corrupt File - Other than header Filename.db".
> > I use Borland's "DTutil32" to fix the problem and that
> usually fixes it.
> > Sometimes I have to remove the indexes from the database
> tables and then
> > recreate them and that also fixes the problem.
> >
> > Just to tell you a little bit about the working environment
> in which the
> > Delphi programs are running. What we do is transfer Paradox
> database files
> > from another office and then copy them into our current
> database sometimes
> > this process works ok but sometimes it gives me the Corrupt
> file error.
> >
> > But my actual problem is that I get this error message
> every other day and I
> > was wondering if any of you know the reason for this and a
> solution if there
> > is any?
> >
> > Thanks in Advance,
> >
> > Mohsin
> >
> >
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