Re: Unknown version of Informix: how do I access tables?

Posted in 1996

Keith Davies — 1 Oct 1996 20:42:04 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

>> I have a cpio backup of an Informix SE database which was created using an >> unknown version of Informix. I need to access the data on two of the tables, >> for which I have the definitions. >> >> I have restored the database files successfully to disk, but was unable to >> select from the tables using the Informix version I have available, 4.10 - >> system errors with core dump! >> Many thanks to all those who responded. As several of you suggested, using bcheck to recreate the indexes allows access to all the data. Regards Keith