Re: HELP! My log is gone and I can't get up

I think you have to close your database first (ask all your people to exit and stop all apps running on it, then start database as you say. That should work. Again, you'll have to close the database after the start, because that puts a lock on the entire db. Before your start you'll still have to declare the database, i.e. database x It's covered in the manual, but possibly a bit obliquely and not in the context of "What do I do when I delete my log?" Hope this helps. Yours, Nick On Wed, 13 Dec 1995 chips@eskimo.com wrote: > The transaction log file that the dbms was using got wiped. > Now when I try to open this SE 4.1 dbms the error messages: > 224 can not open transaction log file > 120 ISAM error: can not open log file > > I tried - start database hsms with log in "c:\\hsms\\new" > and got the same error messages. > H E L P ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ADVthanksANCE >