RE: dropping DB
A full range of onchecks to see the extent of the problem.
Restore to a position prior to your disk issues.
The alternative is to dbexport / unload and reinitialise the instance.
MW
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> Sent: Wednesday, 18 May 2005 12:58 a.m.
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> Subject: dropping DB
>
> hello all,
> we had a problem with some dbspaces on development and
> cleared it up but are left with some DB's that cannot be
> dropped. the error i get is "unable to connect - error (-311)
> ISAM error: TblSpace does not exist"> is there a way to delete the DB that is not really there any longer?
>
>
> thanks
>
> i also get this error "unable to connect"
> cannot read system catalog (systables)
> ISAM error : illegal key descriptor (too many parts or too long)>
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