Re: [dba-dev] Database Recovery

2007-08-30 Thread Alex Thurgood
On Thursday 30 August 2007 04:04:12 Barbara Duprey wrote: Hi Barbara, Yes, I really, really want to go to 2.3, but the site is still offering 2.2.1 as the latest stable release and I'm not sure a development build is what I want. So I seem to have these choices: stick with 2.0.4 until

Re: [dba-dev] Database Recovery

2007-08-30 Thread Barbara Duprey
Alex Thurgood wrote: On Thursday 30 August 2007 04:04:12 Barbara Duprey wrote: Hi Barbara, Yes, I really, really want to go to 2.3, but the site is still offering 2.2.1 as the latest stable release and I'm not sure a development build is what I want. So I seem to have

Re: [dba-dev] Database Recovery

2007-08-29 Thread Frank Schönheit - Sun Microsystems Germa ny
Hello Barbara, Why would Base need to recover a database when all OOo applications had been shut down normally (no Quickstarter, either)? In fact, no applications at all were running. This has happened to me fairly frequently, and it makes me nervous! Another curious thing is that

Re: [dba-dev] Database Recovery

2007-08-29 Thread Barbara Duprey
Frank Schönheit - Sun Microsystems Germany wrote: snip Well, 2.0.4 was somewhat prone to data loss (for embedded .odb files) in that when OOo crashed after you entered data without closing the .odb, then you had good chances the data was lost upon the next OOo start. This has been fixed

Re: [dba-dev] Database Recovery

2007-08-29 Thread Alex Thurgood
On Wednesday 29 August 2007 15:53:22 Barbara Duprey wrote: Hi Barbara, When I was using the linked .dbf and this happened, I think it may be why my data got so royally messed up. I suspect it was recovering by using some data buffer it had hanging around, and with no primary key, I believe

Re: [dba-dev] Database Recovery

2007-08-29 Thread Barbara Duprey
Alex Thurgood wrote: On Wednesday 29 August 2007 15:53:22 Barbara Duprey wrote: Hi Barbara, When I was using the linked .dbf and this happened, I think it may be why my data got so royally messed up. I suspect it was recovering by using some data buffer it had hanging around, and with no

Re: [dba-dev] Database Recovery

2007-08-29 Thread Marc Santhoff
Am Mittwoch, den 29.08.2007, 18:51 -0500 schrieb Barbara Duprey: Marc Santhoff wrote: Am Mittwoch, den 29.08.2007, 16:16 -0500 schrieb Barbara Duprey: Yes, I really, really want to go to 2.3, but the site is still offering 2.2.1 as the latest stable release and I'm not sure a

Re: [dba-dev] Database Recovery

2007-08-29 Thread Barbara Duprey
Marc Santhoff wrote: Am Mittwoch, den 29.08.2007, 18:51 -0500 schrieb Barbara Duprey: Marc Santhoff wrote: Am Mittwoch, den 29.08.2007, 16:16 -0500 schrieb Barbara Duprey: Yes, I really, really want to go to 2.3, but the site is still offering 2.2.1 as the latest stable

[dba-dev] Database Recovery

2007-08-28 Thread Barbara Duprey
Why would Base need to recover a database when all OOo applications had been shut down normally (no Quickstarter, either)? In fact, no applications at all were running. This has happened to me fairly frequently, and it makes me nervous! Another curious thing is that sometimes there isn't even