Marc I agree with both of Sami's ideas: get RSCOPE and learn it and see if it will help. Insist they hire you to set up an automatic back up / pack / reload routine. If you're interested in some sample code, contact me privately.
David Blocker [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "marc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 9:15 AM Subject: Re: Incorrect version flag??? > Hi Sami and David > > I do not have RScope. > > I tried this and I can connect tot he db but > if I try a unload all or reload.... my computer > locks up. I tried again, connected to the > bd and did Edit all from tab... and some of > the data seemed way out of wack. One > table that holds daily totals showed something > like $34,345,678,231,456.99 for one days > charges. WOW, sign me up for that. > > I told her to just use the 11/12/2001 backup. > Maybe having to re-enter 6 months of data > will teach her a lesson on good backups. > > thanks > marc > > > > At 05:54 PM 04/10/2002 -0500, you wrote: > >Marc - > > > >Being very careful, try this: > > > >If you have not made any structural changes in the database since the date > >of their good RB1 file, you can: > > > >1. Make lots of good backups before you start > >2. Copy the OLD RB1 file into the folder with the current database and > >overwrite the bad RB1 file. > >3. Run an immediate RELOAD - you will get the message that it was reloaded > >with errors, but you can ignore it. > >4. Check out and update all autonumbered columns > >See what happens. > > > >Sami > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "marc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 5:00 PM > >Subject: Re: Incorrect version flag??? > > > > > > > Hi all > > > > > > It turns out that the RB1 file is bad and they do > > > not have any other backups. We did find a backup > > > on the hard drive dated 11/12/2001. I guess that's > > > the best I can do! > > > > > > Maybe now they have learned their lesson about > > > backups. > > > > > > macr > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Possible rb1 file corruption (where the version flag is stored). > > > > > > > >David > > > > > > > >================================================ > > > >TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: > > > >Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l > > > >================================================ > > > >TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l > > > >================================================ > > > >TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: > > > >http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/ > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > ================================================ > > > TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: > > > Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l > > > ================================================ > > > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l > > > ================================================ > > > TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > >================================================ > >TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: > >Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l > >================================================ > >TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l > >================================================ > >TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: > >http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/ > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > ================================================ > TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: > Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l > ================================================ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l > ================================================ > TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: > http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/ > ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l ================================================ TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/
