Re: Database Crash

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2001


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 38987
interpreted = N
texte = >I'm having a serious server problem, and I need your input. > >Once a month or so, one of my databases gets hosed. A large block of >the most recent records is usually deleted, and older records have >modified date/time fields. > >It happened again today at 4:10pm. This coincides with a server >crash at 4:10pm. > >Why would WebCat wipe out a large block of records? > >HELLPPPPP!!!Perhaps the database changes had not been written to disk yet, and were still cached in RAM.You can check your webcat settings and see if you've instructed webcat to write db changes to disk immediately, or not.Other than that I am not sure of the weaknesses of the MacOS 9.0.4 filing system, or whatever disk speed utilities that you may be running, so I can't comment on those. : )-Sam > >MacOS 9.0.4 / WebSTAR 4.4 / WebCat 4.02rc1 >-- >_______________________ > >Clint Davis >Webmaster >Gray Loon Marketing Group >812.422.9999 > >cdavis@grayloon.com > >------------------------------------------------------------- >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > >Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: Database Crash (Clint Davis 2001)
  2. Re: Database Crash (Samuel Renkert 2001)
  3. Database Crash (Clint Davis 2001)
>I'm having a serious server problem, and I need your input. > >Once a month or so, one of my databases gets hosed. A large block of >the most recent records is usually deleted, and older records have >modified date/time fields. > >It happened again today at 4:10pm. This coincides with a server >crash at 4:10pm. > >Why would WebCat wipe out a large block of records? > >HELLPPPPP!!!Perhaps the database changes had not been written to disk yet, and were still cached in RAM.You can check your webcat settings and see if you've instructed webcat to write db changes to disk immediately, or not.Other than that I am not sure of the weaknesses of the MacOS 9.0.4 filing system, or whatever disk speed utilities that you may be running, so I can't comment on those. : )-Sam > >MacOS 9.0.4 / WebSTAR 4.4 / WebCat 4.02rc1 >-- >_______________________ > >Clint Davis >Webmaster >Gray Loon Marketing Group >812.422.9999 > >cdavis@grayloon.com > >------------------------------------------------------------- >This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . >To unsubscribe, E-mail to: >To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > >Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Samuel Renkert

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