Re: Unload to TAPE?

Posted in 1996

John Prideaux — Wed, 05 Jun 1996 08:19:59 -0700 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Cheryl Kendricks wrote: > > Are using unload or tbunload? I suggest using tbunload not UNLOAD. > Got more questions e-mail me direct. If you go with tbunload be sure to do > a tbcheck -pT on the table once you do the tbload! > > > On Tue, 4 Jun 1996, Gary Hale wrote: > > > > > > > I need to unload a table to tape, this table is over a 1gig and I am > > unable at this time to create any more records (rows) in it? error > > 271! I would like to unload this data to tape and rebuild it. I am > > using 5.1 Informix SE on aix 3.2.5, how do I unload to tape? > > > > Gary Hale, IS Director > > > > Tbunload is an Online feature which has no counterpart in SE. Having said that, I am not aware of any built-in facilities for dealing with a tape drive for a single SE table. If you have ESQL/C or 4GL you should be able to write a program which will interact with a tape drive. The only other solutions I can think of involve disk space or networking. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Prideaux e-mail: alastl@ix.netcom.com Phone: (217)839-2121 Aladdin Steel, Inc. Fax: (217)839-4327 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------