RE: [U2] How to corrupt UniVerse file(s) for Transaction Logging and DR te sting.

2004-05-04 Thread Logan, David (SST - Adelaide)
Hi Simon, Use filepeek or similar to modify a files pointer. eg. Change a backward or forward link to point to junk. Copy the file at the unix level and you will be able to recreate as you require. Regards David Logan Database Administrator HP Managed Services 139 Frome Street, Adelaide 5000

RE: [U2] How to corrupt UniVerse file(s) for Transaction Logging and DR te sting.

2004-05-04 Thread Ross Ferris
Anything wrong with having a process that does an INPUT mid way through a transaction, and then KILLing it ? Or just turning the power off to the machine ? Then again, you could kill UV and then fire up a hex editor on the files - or maybe delete a file or 2. I'd like to think that you couldn't