Nancy; He was only tickling the VistA innards which is an abstraction from the MUMPS environment. There is no magic really, but if one is shutting down, it is best to do the rundown first (especially if you are the only user).
Best wishes; Chris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Anthracite" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 1:20 PM Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] Fileman drop-out on pointer update > When Rick was helping to port the VA Demo to GTM, I noticed he did a rundown > on the database every time he shut it down and since then, I have done that > as well. True that at the time he was tinkering with its innards, but I > figured I ought to take a hint and do the same. > > On Saturday 02 April 2005 04:10 pm, Bhaskar, KS wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Kevin > > Toppenberg Sent: Sat 4/2/2005 3:46 PM > > To: hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > > Cc: > > Subject: RE: [Hardhats-members] Fileman drop-out on pointer update > > Yeah, but it is the nature of the weak minded to look > > for answers in superstition. LOL. > > > > Actually, my production system rarely needs to be > > rundown. But that is probably because I am now quite > > careful with it. But when I am configuring a new > > system, I often have crashes that lead to the funny > > behavior that I hinted at. > > > > Kevin > > > > [KSB] OK, if there are system crashes, and you are not running journaling, > > then rundown makes sense. Remember to run a mupip integ periodically, > > because the database can be structurally damaged by a crash. > > > > -- Bhaskar > > -- > Nancy Anthracite > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > > ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
