Re: ISAM Error when deleting

I think you got a corruption in the partition page corresponding to the table you were doing the delete on. "key descriptor" : Slot 4 of this page describes each index keys for the table. More likely, the corruption is there. First run oncheck -cc/-cDI. Even if it doesn't correct anything, you'll perhaps be able to drop and recreate the table. If it doesn't work, call the tech support. Got a sql error too ? Francisco Roldan <froldan@5b.com.gt> wrote in message news:<bgs5h4$g6s$1@terabinaries.xmission.com>... > Hi everybody, > I got a problem when deleting from a table. > > I got the ISAM Error -103 "illegal key descriptor (too many parts or too > long) The ISAM processor has been given an invalid key descriptor. For > C-ISAM programs, review the key descriptor. Each key descriptor has a > maximum > of 8 parts and 120 characters. " > > It is a simple delete with one condition on one field (the field is part of > a not-unique index), and the table doesn't have primary keys. > > I don't understand the meaning of "key descriptor". > > I would appreciate your help. > > Thanks in advance > > regards > > > sending to informix-list