Correction, you should only see loss of data after the BLINK error in he affected group only.
Karl Pearson Senior uniVerse DBA and one who cut his teeth fixing blinks by hand (thanks to Mark Baldridge and Joel Yates). <quote who="Stephen O'Neal"> > Anmol, > > I don't have good news. > > You have a broken file due to a mismatched backward link (blink). This > occurred when the file attempted to expand past the 2gb limit on a static > file by trying to extend an overflow block. > > Any attempt to SELECT or SSELECT the file will fail when it reaches the > broken group. :^( > > Your alternatives at this point are: > 1) restore the last know valid backup of the file and rebuild the data > 2) contact the company where you purchased your U2 licenses. Their U2 > Support organization will put you in touch with someone that can fix the > file (for a fee). When they fix the file, the file will be truncated at > the group where this occurred. This can be anywhere in the file, because > the group extended for overflow can be anywhere in the file. You may end > up with a file that is considerably smaller than your original file! > > A wake up call for others: Watch out for your 2gb file limits on static > files. > > Good luck in recovering your data! > > Regards, > Steve > > Stephen M. O'Neal, CDP & IBM U2 Certified > Services Sales Specialist > North America U2 Lab Services > Information Management, IBM Software Group > > > > > "Anmol Chandrakant Khopade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 09/27/2005 07:37 PM > Please respond to > u2-users > > > To > <u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org> > cc > > Subject > [U2] Blink Error > > > > > > > Hi, > > I am receiving the following error: > > Computed blink of 0xB44 does not match expected blink of 0x0! > > Detected within group starting at address 0x80000000! > > Internal data error. > > I am having a 2GB Data 30 file, which got locked due to unix restriction > on file size. > > A unibasic program has been written to purge the data in this file. > > I imported the 2GB file to another universe box which is a replica of the > original box and also contains the above file, and reconfigured the VOC > pointer of the local file to point to the 2GB file. > > This error came in while selecting the records. > > Please let me know if any one knows a work around or has any information > about this. > > Thanks in advance > > Warm regards > > Anmol > > > > **************** CAUTION - Disclaimer ***************** > This e-mail contains PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION intended > solely for the use of the addressee(s). If you are not the intended > recipient, please notify the sender by e-mail and delete the original > message. Further, you are not to copy, disclose, or distribute this e-mail > or its contents to any other person and any such actions are unlawful. > This e-mail may contain viruses. Infosys has taken every reasonable > precaution to minimize this risk, but is not liable for any damage you may > sustain as a result of any virus in this e-mail. You should carry out your > own virus checks before opening the e-mail or attachment. Infosys reserves > the right to monitor and review the content of all messages sent to or > from this e-mail address. Messages sent to or from this e-mail address may > be stored on the Infosys e-mail system. > ***INFOSYS******** End of Disclaimer ********INFOSYS*** > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > ------- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > -- karl _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ ____________ __o _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ ____________ _-\<._ _/_/ _/ _/_/_/ (_)/ (_) _/ _/ _/ _/ ...................... _/ _/ arl _/_/_/ _/ earson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- IT Director, ATS Industrial Supply, Inc. http://www.atsindustrial.com Toll-free: 800-789-9300 x29 Direct2Desk: 801-978-4429 Facsimile: 801-972-3888 -- ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/