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- Newsgroups: comp.databases.informix
- Path: sparky!uunet!gatech!willis1.cis.uab.edu!cheng
- From: cheng@cis.uab.edu (Wai-Fong Cheng)
- Subject: Re: Msg: Cannot remove file for table().
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.192455.5719@cis.uab.edu>
- Keywords: Corrupted DB, dbspace
- Organization: University of Alabama at Birmingham
- References: <1993Jan21.153628.22858@walter.bellcore.com>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 19:24:55 GMT
- Lines: 49
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- In article <1993Jan21.153628.22858@walter.bellcore.com> pak2@base.bellcore.com (Paul Kupersmith) writes:
- >Using Informix 4.1, when I try to drop a database, I get the following
- >message:
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- > 214: Cannot remove file for table ().
- >
- >I have called Informix support, and they have stated that the dbspace
- >has been corrupted. Their proposed work around to me is to reinitialize
- >the dbspace. This is unacceptable to me due to the downtime it would
- >cause to the production systems dependent upon that dbspace.
- >
- >BTW, If the database contained "production" data, Informix extended an
- >offer to dial into the system and correct the problem.
- >
- >
- >I have two questions:
- >
- > 1) What is causing the dbspace to be corrupted?
- > 2) What program does Informix use to correct the situation?
- > 3) Can I obtain a copy of this program (or something similar)?
- >
- >Thank you,
- >
- >Paul
-
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- Paul,
- we had a similar problem creep up on us using Informix 4.1 on a Motorola
- 88Open machine. We had lost a table and Informix told me that this was
- caused by a "nasty and known bug" (Sorry, can't remember the BUG #). The
- only solution to our problem was to remove the table from systables and
- then try to recreate the table. Informix sent us another port of the
- Online engine to fix the problem. The corruption was caused (so they say) by
- a series of update statements within the code. This code had been running
- just fine for over one year.
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- Now that we have this new port, the problem has gone away and we were able
- to recreate the table (thank god it only had 13 rows...).
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- Hope this helps,
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- Matt...
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- (Do not reply to the above E-Mail address, it belongs to a friend of mine)
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