I just had this happen to me last Friday. I have a rmd that runs autochk full, then reloads the DB checks to see if the reloaded files exist and then deletes the original db files and renames the reloaded DB files and then runs autocheck again.
During the process on Friday I received an I/O error saying my disk drive was probably full, when I checked my available space on the disk I had 2.3 Gig of space. The r> screen ended with no errors found but the database was GONE! all 4 RB files disappeared. All I could do was go to my backup copy and start over. This is version 6.5+ that we use at work. I have run the reloadDB.rmd many times and never had this happen. I guess the GREMLINS were out Friday. Rich Starkey -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Albert Berry Sent: Sunday, December 29, 2002 3:10 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - DB Vanishes??? I have not seen this before. We use cascading renames so as to avoid any possibility of this happening - we do not delete the most recent. We have names such as Current.rb?, LastDB1.rb?, LastDB2.rb?. We rename the database to something like dbReload, Reload Current, run a Compare.rmd (recently posted to list - ask if you want a copy) that compares all the tables and rows to make sure everything made it. If it is good, we delete LastDB2, rename LastDB1 to LastDB2, and rename dbReload to LastDB1. Dennis Fleming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I've not seen this before. Our Reload option builds a new set of files >using Reload, and if all OK, the old DB is deleted and the newone renamed. > >Customer calls and indicates there was a program exception during reload >process, and then a program exception. Normally, as a result of power loss >or whatever, the result would be 4 dbname files and 4 newdbname files (at >some level of completion). In this case, there was only a newdbname.rb1 > >Plenty of disk space. Running on NT. Anyone see this before??? > >TIA, > >Dennis >***** >Dennis Fleming >IISCO >http://www.TheBestCMMS.com >Phone: 570 775-7593 >Fax: � 570 775-9797 > > -- Albert Berry Full Time Consultant to PSD Solutions 350 West Hubbard, Suite 210 Chicago, IL 60610 312-828-9253 Ext. 32 __________________________________________________________________ The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/
