Re: Problem porting from AIX to Linux

Fasoft wrote: > > <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> > <html> > Hello Everyone, > <p>I have to port an SE database from AIX 4.1 to Linux RH 5.2. > <br>I have dbaccess functioning perfectly on the linux machine. > <br>When I open the database with dbaccess I get: > <p>329: Database not found or no system permission. > <br>171: ISAM error:&nbsp; isam file format change detected > <p>Since all permissions are correct I suppose that the problem lyes on > the index file format. > <p>I tried <u>bcheck -s</u> on some tables for instance on zonas__142 but, > <p>$ bcheck -s zonas__142 > <p>BCHECK&nbsp; C-ISAM B-tree Checker version 7.24.UC5 > <br>Copyright (C) 1981-1997 Informix Software, Inc. > <br>Software Serial Number AAB#J481342 > <br>&nbsp; > <p>C-ISAM File: zonas__142 > <p>Old index node size = 1024 > <br>Key node size = 30 > <p>ISAM error:&nbsp; isam file format change detected > <p>It creates a file named zonas__142.idx and the original index is renamed > to zonas__142.IDX but then nothing seems to work properly. I can't even > run bcheck again. > <p>What seems to be happening ? > <br>Could anyone help me ? I take it you just copied the .dat and .idx files from one system to the other. I think it would be safer to use dbexport on the old system and dbimport on the new system. Hope that helps, -- Mark. +----------------------------------------------------------+-----------+ |Mark D. Stock - Informix SA http://www.informix.com |//////// /| |mailto:mdstock@informix.com http://www.informix.com/idn |///// / //| |http://www.iiug.org +-----------------------------------+//// / ///| | Tel: +27 11 807 0313 |If it's slow, the users complain. |/// / ////| | Fax: +27 838250 2325 |If it's fast, the users keep quiet.|// / /////| |Cell: +27 83 250 2325 |Therefore, "No news: travels fast"!|/ ////////| +----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------+