Re: Help needed with locked database

Dirk Schnorpfeil wrote: > I tried to convert a database from non-logging to unbuffered logging on > Informix-OnLine 7.1 on solaris with the command 'ontape -s -U database'. > > Since then i get an error when i try to access the database: > 329: Database not found or no system permission > 178: Isam error: Database is locked; pending change to logging mode.> > The manual says that the log-change is valid after the next level-0 > backup. Isn't a level-0 backup done with ontape -s ???? > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Thank, Dirk Schnorpfeil. > -- > ******************************************************* > *** SDZ (SimulationDienstleistungsZentrum) GmbH *** > *** Hauert 20 - 44227 Dortmund - Germany *** > *** Phone: +49-231/97505031 - Fax: +49-231/97505050 *** Change your tape device to /dev/null and try it again. The 'lock' should disappear -- Paul Watson # WF Software Ltd # If it ain't broke, Tel: +44 1436 674729 # fix it till it is. Fax: +44 1436 678693 # www.wfsoftware.co.uk #