I can't remember the detailed circumstances but I think it was a power spike or something similar rather than a power failure. The app was a very old one that had been ported from, I believe, Fox 2.0 for Mac to VFP 5 via several other versions en-route. Most of the code was .spr files cut and pasted into .prgs which we had to port to VFP5 at minimal cost so there was no budget for a re-write. The bank had just moved to PCs from Macs and was having an all-singing, all-dancing app written to replace this app and several others. Unfortunately the new app was canned in favour of a web-based system so our short-term patch lasted longer (much longer) than expected. I did suggest a mirroring system to record all data changes on another machine as a result of this incident and wrote a prototype which was turned down as my team leader at the time was too frightened to make any changes! The prototype came in useful later though as I adapted the principles for another app.
My main point however was that one should not be fooled into thinking that only the CDX would be damaged by a power outage or spike. UPSs are so cheap now there is no excuse. John Weller 01380 723235 07976 393631 > Wow, no UPS and auto-shutdown? Or the UPS batteries (or UPS units > themselves) have not been changed out every 2 years or so to > prevent loss of > reserve capacity? Yikes! No transaction log file to record changes? > Double yikes! > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
