corrupted databases - we need a tool!

[Ruslan Zasukhin]

On 10/5/04 4:47 PM, "Robert Brenstein" <rjb at rz.uni-potsdam.de> wrote:

> While true repair might not always be possible, such a tool could
> offer a rebuild function, which creates a new copy the db by
> extracting all that is possible to extract from the old one, thus
> rescuing as much as feasible, hopfully reaching deeper than xml dump
> can do. Ideally, these things should be part of kernel self, not a
> standalone tool, so we can use them directly in all environments,
> allowing us to include recovery options in our products.

Aha, I see idea, Robert!

Yes this is good idea.
Really good.

It is possible to TRY recovery any data which are readable,
And code which will read this should have many protection from failure.


> Trasactions are still distant future while a repair tool has been
> talked about since early 2002 at least (posts dealing with db
> corruption go back to 1999 upon quick search) and was expected for
> 1.x technology to follow on the heels of the diagnose coming to life.


> But diagnose self still has a few glitches and is not available as
> part of kernel functionality. As long as Valentina does not clean up
> and build up certain aspects that have been asked for over the years,
> it can't shake its shareware-only image and step into the ring of big
> boys.

Right.

But as I have told, we have developer which have many years work with
Sybase. He say that IF Sybase db corrupts, it also is not many chances to
recover it. 

This is complex task, and it cannot be solved in 5 minutes.

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Best regards,
Ruslan Zasukhin      [ I feel the need...the need for speed ]
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