Marc, I am using RBdos 1.866
I ran your code on my database, rb2 file just over 3 megs. I ran it twice, once with CLEAR ON and once with CLEAR OFF. My resulting files DAT were all the same length. Bill Cook Kent WA USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "marc schluter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 6:52 AM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Unload & pack in 1.866 lost rows -Razzak's Reply > I have tested the following several times this weekend > and I keep loosing rows of data with writechk on. > > set writechk off > out 1.dat > unload all > out screen > > set writechk on > out 2.dat > unload all > out screen > > set writechk off > out 3.dat > unload all > out screen > > File 1.dat and 3.dat are the same size, file 2.dat is > 10 times smaller. > > What should I look for and why would writechk make a > difference in the output file? > > thanks > marc > > > > > > > > > --- "A. Razzak Memon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > At 07:10 AM 8/8/2003 -0700, Marc Schluter wrote: > > > > > > >well folks > > > > > > > >I think I found my problem. > > > > > > > >If I start RBW then do Unload all, everything is > > > OK. > > > >Then I run > > > > SET ZERO ON > > > > SET WRITECHK ON > > > > SET CLEAR ON > > > >and the output file is smaller and I loose the > > > rows. > > > >Then I set writechk off and did another unload > > all > > > and > > > >it worked fine. > > > > > > > >It seems that writechk on will not allow all of > > the > > > >rows to be written to the output file and it > > > appears > > > >to be the tables with dates. > > > > > > > >Am I crazy or is this possible? > > > > > > > > > Marc, > > > > > > SET WRITECHK ON specifies R:BASE to verify "EVERY" > > > write to disk. > > > > > > So, you may need to check integrity of your > > database > > > using R:SCOPE. > > > > > > Just for fun: > > > > > > Try the same scenario using the CONCOMP database > > > bundled with the latest R:BASE 6.5++ for Windows, > > > i.e., C:\RBTI\RBWIN65\SAMPLES\CONCOMP and see what > > > happens. > > > > > > Have Fun! > > > > > > Very Best R:egards, > > > > > > Razzak. > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site > > design software > > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com >
