Thanks SteveO to you and all of the entrants -------------- Original message -------------- From: "Stephen O'Neal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Scott Thompson asked ..."> What is the best way to verify the integrity of > a file while users are accessing (if possible at all)?" > > Please note that Scott only asked for a single file... > > Runner Up: > Karl P > > was extremely close with "LIST FNAME LASTATTRIBUTE". If he would have > added DET.SUP, he would have been a Winner. This would have avoided the > output. > > Karl's entry would require you to press the ENTER key as the @ID and > LASTATTRIBUTE were displayed for every record. You would probably get > sick of this after a while and enter a "S" to suppress the output when the > PAK (Press Any Key to continue) prompt was requested. > > However, you would have to write a rather extensive PAragraph or PRoc to > include ALL of the files. > > And the Winner is: > Jerry Banker who stated: > > "You can try doing a uvbackup on the file to /dev/null. When the file is > backed up it checks the integrity of the file. > Jerry" > > uvbackup is the only utility that goes thru all of the files and reports > on its integrity. > > uvbackup can be run with users on the system. > > The question that was not asked... > Should I add the "uvbackup on the file to /dev/null" to my monthly > processes to verify the integrity of the database? > > Best business practices state that this should be included every month. > This is a more PC answer than "HELL YES, We're talkin' Job Security"! > > Nice Contest, > Steve > > Stephen M. O'Neal > U2 Lab Services Sales Specialist > Information Management, IBM Software Group > ------- > 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/
