Re: Various Informix Errors pointing towards file corruption

"Fatlad" <fatlads03@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:375a7e0a.0307022354.6b85ecdd@posting.google.com... > > Is it feasible for you to rebuild the database (dbexport, drop, create, > > dbload)? > > This might be the most foolproof way of solving whatever problem it is. > > > > Just a suggestion. > > > > Michael > > Yes we've tried this with mixed success. Some systems have had their > problems fixed other's not. If you use symbolic links to point to the chunks, make sure that you don't have 2 links pointing to the same physical disk area. That can cause lots of strange corruption problems. -Jim

Jim wrote: >"Fatlad" <fatlads03@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message >news:375a7e0a.0307022354.6b85ecdd@posting.google.com... > > >>>Is it feasible for you to rebuild the database (dbexport, drop, create, >>>dbload)? >>>This might be the most foolproof way of solving whatever problem it is. >>> >>>Just a suggestion. >>> >>>Michael >>> >>> >>Yes we've tried this with mixed success. Some systems have had their >>problems fixed other's not. >> >> >If you use symbolic links to point to the chunks, make sure that you don't >have 2 links pointing to the same >physical disk area. That can cause lots of strange corruption problems. >-Jim > > > > He is running SE - there are no chunks, just files.