database corrupted after power switched off

2002-10-28 Thread Tom Thurnherr
hello. is it a normal behaviour that a sql databases gets corrupted if the power of the whole system will be switched off while an application is writing to the database ? what can i do that this problem does no more appear ? thanx tom --- bbv Software Services Tom

RE: database corrupted after power switched off

2002-10-28 Thread Ed Carp
is it a normal behaviour that a sql databases gets corrupted if the power of the whole system will be switched off while an application is writing to the database ? Yes. what can i do that this problem does no more appear ? Buy a UPS or shutdown the system normally. NEVER just turn off

re: database corrupted after power switched off

2002-10-28 Thread Victoria Reznichenko
Tom, Monday, October 28, 2002, 11:59:16 AM, you wrote: TT is it a normal behaviour that a sql databases gets corrupted if the power of TT the whole system will be switched off while an application is writing to the TT database ? Yes. Other situations when tables may become corrupted are listed

re: database corrupted after power switched off

2002-10-28 Thread Bill Easton
VRDate: Mon, 28 Oct 2002 12:35:01 +0200 VRFrom: Victoria Reznichenko [EMAIL PROTECTED] VRSubject: re: database corrupted after power switched off VRTom, VRMonday, October 28, 2002, 11:59:16 AM, you wrote: VRTT is it a normal behaviour that a sql databases gets corrupted if the power of VRTT

Re: database corrupted after power switched off

2002-10-28 Thread Michael T. Babcock
Bill Easton wrote: ... which says MyISAM table format is very reliable (all changes to a table is written before the SQL statements returns) Evidently, this is NOT true. (Perhaps, it used to be true for ISAM tables. The documentation should be changed.) You are misinterpreting the

Re: database corrupted after power switched off

2002-10-28 Thread Mark
Original Message - From: Michael T. Babcock [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Bill Easton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Tom Thurnherr [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 4:18 PM Subject: Re: database corrupted after power switched off Again, make sure you check how your OS

Re: database corrupted after power switched off

2002-10-28 Thread Bill Easton
] To: Bill Easton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Tom Thurnherr [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 10:18 AM Subject: Re: database corrupted after power switched off Bill Easton wrote: ... which says MyISAM table format is very reliable (all changes to a table is written

Re: database corrupted after power switched off

2002-10-28 Thread Michael T. Babcock
Mark wrote: Again, make sure you check how your OS deals with write caching and consider turning it off on the partition / disk you're using for DB storage. I would certainly not do that. In fact, disk caches (for non 4.04 users) are an excellent, be it a poor man's, way of having a

RE: database corrupted after power switched off

2002-10-28 Thread Jan Steinman
From: Ed Carp [EMAIL PROTECTED] is it a normal behaviour that a sql databases gets corrupted if the power of the whole system will be switched off while an application is writing to the database ? Yes. what can i do that this problem does no more appear ? Buy a UPS or shutdown the system