Damage a database

[Thorsten Hohage]

On 2008-02-19, at 19:16, Beatrix Willius wrote:

> is there any way to damage a database on purpose, except to apply a  
> hex editor? I'm chasing a database corruption, which I can't  
> reproduce, and I want to test my recovery methods.


There might be several methods to damage a db, but I'm afraid most of  
them are not reproducible. And many other might be risky to damage  
much more, then only the db-file, e.g.

* use an external disk or an USB-device and remove it physically while  
Valentina writes to a file that's on this medium

* plug the power chord (of course not on a Laptop ;-)) while Valentina  
writes a file

* try to use an usable but obvious damaged disk

* try to use usable but damaged main memory

* try to provoke a kernel panic


And try to make some nice stat files for this list how many usb-sticks  
and hd's you damaged physically before a Valentina file becomes  
damaged ;-)))


regards

Thorsten Hohage
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