Victor: Most of the time, data corruption is not caused by the database software but by external occurrences such as power failures, network errors, disk problems, and also by users doing thing they should not be doing. I think that you will notice that this is why most developers do not want to give users access to the R> prompt. I have several databases with many users that have not had a data corruption in years, particularly under the good old 4.5++ DOS. I can only hope that the new version(s) have the same reliability as the old versions. Reload and pack are maintenance utilities that are used to prevent problems, although they are frequently used to solve problems. Javier,
Javier Valencia, PE President Valencia Technology Group, L.L.C. 14315 S. Twilight Ln, Suite #14 Olathe, Kansas 66962-4578 Office (913)829-0888 Fax (913)649-2904 Cell (913)915-3137 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Victor Timmons Sent: Friday, June 20, 2003 11:47 AM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Database corruption questions?? This is not meant in a bad way. I am not criticizing R:Base or anything like that. For my company R:base was the BEST Choice. Why does it seem that there are so many postings about data corruption, R:Scope, Reload, Pack?? Is this a gerneral problem with database's Orical, Access ext...? IE Power or network problems. What other causes are there? How can they be prevented? How do other database work with these problems? Once again!! I am not criticizing R:Base!!! I am only asking because i don't know Victor Timmons Tiz's Door Sales, Inc 425-258-2391
