Re: Error in Online log: bfcheck

In article <FzUO7BAtD6UyEwTf@misslink.demon.co.uk>, Simon Ellison-Bunce <simonb@misslink.demon.co.uk> writes >A few days ago we started getting some error messages in our Online log >file that we've not seen before. They don't look good, but everything is >still running (so far!). Can anyone shed light on what this means? > >bfcheck: bad page: pg_flags 0 != type 2, userp = 8040210c, pid = 9192, >uid = 357 ><Then some dump data> >-- WARNING: Fail Consistency Check -- pthdrpage:ptalloc:bad partn page - >- pid = 9192 user=357 us=8040210c > >This is Online v5 on SCO 3.2v4.2. > >We have reloaded the database after reinitialising the disk, but the >errors are still occuring. > >Any assistance gratefully received... You have a corrupt database. It sounds like something is overlapping the database E.g. a filesystem overlapping the same area of disk that Online is using. Run the following command to check you database is now OK:- tbcheck -cr tbcheck -ce tbcheck -cc <database name> tbcheck -cID <database name> E-mail me for more info. -- David Williams