On 30.05.2012 17:28, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
On 2012-05-30 12:59, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
Yes, which is why it's better to have an Error thrown rather than a halt
instruction be executed. But that doesn't mean that any attempt at
cleanup is
any more valid.
If you're not supposed to be able to catch Errors then what's the
difference?
Having half-flushed/synced database file is no good. I've had pleasure
of restoring such things by hand. Trust me, you DON'T want it.
A common technique that can kick start half-flushed binary file is
appending certain amount of zeros until it "fits". Depending on
structure it may need more then that.
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Dmitry Olshansky
