Re: Moving SE Database and logfile

Posted in 1998

Axel Sander — Tue, 08 Sep 1998 05:32:27 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

On Mon, 07 Sep 1998 12:56:55 +0100, Peter Lancashire <Peter.Lancashire.PL1@bayer.co.uk> wrote: >Yes. START DATABASE xxx WITH NO LOG. > >You need to stop the logging before moving the database and restart it >after the move. The reason is that the database contains a reference to >the location of the logfile. It is in the systables table, I think. Yep, in the "syslog". I learned this the hard way when that d*mn*d database let me start a new logfile and didn't knew the complete old path. Luckily I still knew the partition so a "grep" on "systables.dat" solved this ;-) THX for your info Axel