corrupted databases - we need a tool!

[Paul Gaspar]

Am 05.10.2004 um 00:31 schrieb michael geary:

> Hi Folks,
>
> I am a big fan of Valentina, and as long as things go smoothly, I 
> don't have any problems. BUT, I think we need some tools to 
> repair/rebuild databases when they go bad.
>
> Using the Valentina App (OS X) I just deleted 1000000 records from a 
> table, emptying it. I then closed the DB and tried to re-open it. 
> Nothing. It is broken. Nothing I can do at all.
>
> The database is well over 300 MB, so it's not terribly practical for 
> me to store an XML dump on a frequent basis. Fortunately, I'm not 
> really losing any data with this corruption, because I can reconstruct 
> the DB from other sources, but I am losing time.
>
> This is not the first time this has happened. Not at all. When things 
> are good, they are very good. But when things are bad, they are very 
> bad.
>
> Has anyone had similar experiences? I really wish I didn't have to go 
> through this.



Hi Michael,

you have my vote for such a tool! Valentina databases are very stable, 
but there a few cases with problems, and then its hard work to repair 
it.

Paul