I think your assumption may be incorrect. I recently restored some indexes into an account where the files weren't "defined" as having an index and it caused some problems.
However, it is easy to trick UD with a bogus index. I just copy another X_ file and rename it. If one doesn't exist I simply create an index on another (small) file, copy and rename it, and then delete both with the ALL keyword. Works like a charm. Of course, I make sure nobody will be trying to update the file while I'm doing it - just in case. I think I've even copied over a "data" file and renamed it before doing the DELETE-INDEX filename ALL. -- Colin Alfke Calgary, Alberta Canada "Just because something isn't broken doesn't mean that you can't fix it" Stu Pickles >-----Original Message----- >From: Thomas Derwin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 11:29 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: [U2] [UV] Primary:Index (mis)matching. > > >FWIW, I learned the hard way that UD keeps a flag in the file >header that knows there's an index on the file, then looks for >the index in the same directory. > >Restored a file from a backup tape to another directory, but >UD refused to let me even read the data until I went back and >restored the index. (Yes, I tried to cheat and run >DELETE-INDEX on the restored file, but it failed with an >"index missing" error.) > >So would assume that UD doesn't go looking for the index >unless the "index exists" flag is set in the file header. I >haven't played around with how to trick UD with a bogus index, >as that's just asking for trouble... > >Regards, >Tom ------- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
