Thanks Albert, I will make this change in my procedures ----- Original Message ----- From: "Albert Berry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBG7-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 3:56 PM Subject: [RBG7-L] - Re: Error
> Joel, a couple of comments. > > Most of us RELOAD rather than PACK our databases. PACK, when it fails, can leave you with an > unusable database. RELOAD allows us to retain the original and create a new database. As a side > benefit, RELOADing a database performs logic much the same as defragmenting a disk drive: it makes > all the rows of a table contiguous, resulting in a bit faster retrieval, we hope. > > If you RELOAD your database, you will find one or more tables that come up short because of > corruption in a row of data. In worst case scenarios, the procedure abends at the bad row and does > not complete the remaining tables, nor the indexing. > > You can log all the error messages to a file when reloading by writing a short command file such > as the following: > > OUTPUT MyReload.log WITH SCREEN -- the last allows you to watch the procedings > CONNECT mydatabase > RELOAD mynewdatabase > DISCONNECT > OUTPUT SCREEN > RBEDIT MyReload.log > > --- Joel Solomon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > When I try to pack my database I get the following error > > > > > > Packing data for VARCHAR and VARBIT columns > > -ERROR- Disk problems - Please check disk and files. (2036) > > > > What is the problem and how can I fix it? > > > > Joel Solomon > > Controller > > Barbizon International > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > ===== > Albert Berry > Management Consultant > RR2 - 1252 Ponderosa Drive > Sparwood BC, V0B 2G2 > Canada > (250) 425-5806 > (250) 425-7259 > (708) 575-3952 (fax) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
