Re: ISAM error: illegal argument to ISAM function

Hi, you cannot restore a single dbspace to a point-in-time that is different from the remaining system. You could have tried a warm restore of the dbspace before attempting to drop it. Now it is too late for that. I guess you have 3 options now: - Get IBM Informix Tech Support to rid your system of the database entry (probably dial-in necessary). - Unload everything else (that you want to keep), rebuild the system and load the data. There are several options for unloading/loading that have been discussed in this list already. - Live with "the database that cannot be accessed". [ Drop and rebuild (not restore) sysmaster database will not help as far as I know. ] Regards, Martin -- Martin Fuerderer IBM Informix Development Munich, Germany Information Management owner-informix-list@iiug.org wrote on 19.05.2005 22:42:58: > A couple questions. How do you restore a dbspace from a point in time? > I use onbar. > Since it is no longer there & I took another backup since I dropped > it, I can't just use onbar -r. I've tried restoring the entire > instance from the backup but then I get error messages. Should I try a > different date? Any help would be appreciated. Or can I easily drop > the sysmaster & restore it? Or is that too drastic? sending to informix-list