Re: What happens if tape fills up before TAPE SIZE limit is reached (ontape, informix)

Posted in 1995

David I. Berg — 22 Oct 1995 21:02:43 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Steven McDonald (mcdonste@ozemail.com.au) wrote: : I am informed by tech support that if the tape hits end : of media at any time an error will be generated & the archive will : be useless. : I have not seen anything in the doc's to confirm this so please : be careful ! This is true. You will get OS Error 28 from attempting to read/write past the end of the tape. This will abort the archive. ___ ___ Principal Consultant / ) __ . __/ /_ ) _ _ __ Informix Software Inc. (303) 850-0210 _/__/ (_(_ (/ / (_(_ _/__) (-' ~/ '(_- 5299 DTC Blvd #740 Englewood CO 80111 dberg@informix.com Opinions expressed herein are my own. Eventually all things merge into one...and a river runs through it. -N.Maclean