All the files are related in complicated ways. You cannot just recover one
file and hope to have fully recovered from all the possible errors that
might have been introduced by the recovery process.
A FileMaker file is a binary file that stores all the data, layouts,
scripts, etc. in one disk file with some unknown to users block structure. A
typical failure is a lost block but it might have contained data, layouts,
scripts or some combination of them all. Obscure errors in a layout that is
not frequently used might not show up for months.
The beginnings of what professional help will do is export all data in all
files and import it into a clean empty ebase. There still may be errors in
what is done but it is highly likely to be quite localized and affect only a
few records.
There is no such thing as NO backup. You either imported the data from
somewhere or typed it in from paper. Persumably you don't throw out the
paper. We keep ours for years. We also backup daily and keep copies off
site. Your database is probably the most expensive and valuable thing in
your office. If it was a diamond ring, would you just leave it causually
lying on your desktop when you go home at night?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Becca Deehr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 6:34 PM
> To: TechRocks Support
> Subject: [support] RE: file damage
>
>
> there are no backups.
>
>
> so, considering it was only the payments file that was "recovered", and we
> still have a copy of the database before recovery is all this necessary?
> also, IS there a difference between file damage?
> i was going to talk to dave shaw but he's out of the office until the 11th
> of september.
> and what about reimporting info into another copy of ebase? all of the
> information is still there, correct?
>
> Rebecca Deehr
> Membership Database Manager
> Telephone Outreach Project Supervisor
> _____________________________
> Washington Wilderness Coalition
> 4649 Sunnyside Avenue, Suite 520
> Seattle, WA 98103
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Walt Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: TechRocks Support <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 12:16 PM
> Subject: [support] RE: file damage
>
>
> >If there are NO backups you will probably need professional
> help. Otherwise
> >go back to whatever backup you have, test it a bit, and start reentering
> >everything you have changed since the backup. If this is a lot of
> >information or you don't know what got changed, again you probably need
> >professional help. It is not hopeless, just hard and probably time
> >consuming.
> >
> >Bottom line: Before anyone embarks on any database project, be sure you
> >understand disaster recovery and plan for it. This applies to
> any database,
> >not just eBase.
> >
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