Re: Question on database recovery

In article <361a8b42.0@newsread1.dircon.co.uk>, "H.Sahar" <hamid@dircon.co.uk> wrote: > Hi, > for some reason my database dropped, but because I have a backup > file dbs I tried to copy into database area and try to use > start database command to create log file and I am getting error message: > ISAM Error Cannot open log file. > > any help will be appreciated. > > Sahar > > Hello Sahar, normally you must look, if the path is existant, where your logfile are located. Then touch your logfile to create it. chown, chgrp to informix and chmod 660. Then go into isql or dbaccess and close your database. Then start your database with log in......, but use an other logfilename. The logfile-location is in the systables. This works "normally".. Bye Andy -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own