Can't drop table

Can anybody help please? There are no disk errors appearing in turbo.log so this one seems to be software. Unfortunately it looks like the only fix is a reload of the whole database. bank_tab itself can be easily recreated, but of course before that I need to get rid of it or rename it; neither of which I am able to do. Oh, BTW, the following persists after a shutdown->startup->online cycle of the engine, and tbcheck shows the same message as below. SCO 3.2.4.2 Online 4.10.UD2 $ isql -s acs <<!!! drop table bank_tab!!! 18:52:40 bfcheck: bad page: pg_addr 6f6d6274 != bp->bf_pagenum 200014, userp = 80401ad4, pid = 19265, uid = 229 18:52:40 buffer header: 18:52:40 8045faf8: 00000000 00000000 b47c4580 e80a4680 ........ .|E...F. 18:52:40 8045fb08: 38e84580 78114680 02000000 120e0000 8.E.x.F. ........ 18:52:40 8045fb18: 14002000 00e04e80 00000000 00000000 .. ...N. ........ 18:52:40 8045fb28: 01000000 b9534680 00010000 .....SF. .... 18:52:40 page header: 18:52:40 804ee000: 74626d6f 64653a20 63616e6e 6f74206b tbmode: cannot k 18:52:40 804ee010: 696c6c20 70696420 ill pid 18:52:40 slot table and stamp: 18:52:40 804ee7fc: f6950b00 .... 18:52:40 partition header error: 18:52:40 80428bd4: 00000000 00000000 00000000 01000000 ........ ........ 18:52:40 80428be4: 11000002 14002000 00000000 00000000 ...... . ........ 18:52:40 80428bf4: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ........ ........ 18:52:40 80428c04: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ........ ........ 18:52:40 80428c14: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ........ ........ 18:52:40 80428c24: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ........ ........ 18:52:40 80428c34: 00000000 02000001 02000a00 24000000 ........ ....$... 18:52:40 80428c44: 01000100 ae7a2737 01000000 04000000 .....z'7 ........ 18:52:40 80428c54: 04000000 04000000 03000000 01000000 ........ ........ 18:52:40 80428c64: 00000000 48000000 02000000 00000000 ....H... ........ 18:52:40 80428c74: 128f1200 04000000 00000000 00000000 ........ ........ 18:52:40 80428c84: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ........ ........ 18:52:40 80428c94: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ........ ........ 18:52:40 80428ca4: 00000000 00000000 00000000 04000000 ........ ........ 18:52:40 80428cb4: 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 ........ ........ 18:52:40 -- Fail Consistency Check -- pthdrpage:ptalloc:bad partn page -- pid=19265 user=229 us=80401ad4 314: Table (bill.bank_tab) currently in use. 105: ISAM error: bad isam file format.

Stephen Walmsley wrote: > > Can anybody help please? There are no disk errors appearing in turbo.log > so this one seems to be software. Unfortunately it looks like the only fix > is a reload of the whole database. bank_tab itself can be easily > recreated, but of course before that I need to get rid of it or rename > it; neither of which I am able to do. Oh, BTW, the following persists > after a shutdown->startup->online cycle of the engine, and tbcheck > shows the same message as below. 4.10 is an incredibly old. Consider upgrading. Also tech support can drop the table for you. Art S. Kagel