Re: Partition does not exist

Quoting Tony Yee Chow... -> -> I am running Informix 1.10 Turbo on a mini-system and I have some problems -> with the database. In the last two months, I have lost 3 tables and the -> error message says: -> 240: Could not open database file (FILENAME). -> 135: C-ISAM error: Partition does not exist. -> I cannot do anything with that table (select, update, unload etc). The only -> thing I can do is to rename the table and create a new table with that name. -> However, some of the data are gone because I store the data in raw disk. -> -> Question 1: Does anyone out there have problems similar to this? -> No, not since we upgraded to Online. -> Question 2: We are going to install Informix 4.10 Online and according to the -> people from Informix, that will solve our problems. Is it true? -> Yes, however you'll get all new problems :-) (Oh come on, it's a joke!) -> Question 3: I do not like the idea of storing the data in raw disk because -> the data are not readable when something happens. Which method -> is better, storing in raw disk or cooked disk? -> Whether you store data on a raw or cooked device, it's still unreadable. What you could see with "cat" on the cooked device, you'd see with "dd" on the raw device. DAS -- David A. Snyder @ Snide Inc. - Folcroft, PA Current Release is db4glgen-3.5 UUCP: ..!uunet!das13!dave INTERNET: dave.snyder@snide.com