Re: Remains in recover mode.

In article <CnxyxK.J8q@world.std.com>, edwards@world.std.com (Jonathan Edwards) says: > >In article <2n6tkr$hd9@stargate.promus.com> jburks@promus.com (Jim Burks) writes: >>A released, supported tbzero would be very nice. We've needed >>similar from time to time. There really isn't any other way after >>Informix won't come up. > >Can I take this to imply that sometimes Informix won't recover after a crash? Depending upon the nature of the crash, sometimes *NO* database will recover ;-). Seriously, upon rare occasions, when the system crashes with heavy updating going on, Informix has gotten into a state that it can't recover from. Other sites have reported similar here. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Jim Burks jburks@promus.com ~ ~ Database Administrator / Systems Engineer ~ ~ The Promus Companies, Inc. Memphis, TN USA ~ ~ http://stargate.promus.com/public/jbb.html ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~