Re: [Emerald] SQL 6.5

david leigh ( (no email) )
Thu, 20 May 1999 22:24:45 +0800

Thanks for that Josh, one more thing to keep in mind :)

Cheers
David Leigh

-----Original Message-----
From: John Roman <jroman@toua.net>
To: emerald@iea-software.com <emerald@iea-software.com>
Date: Thursday, May 20, 1999 7:56 AM
Subject: RE: [Emerald] SQL 6.5

>The problem was that when the database was setup it was configured to
>have the database and the log file write to the same hdd space so when
>the log file filled up it took the master database with it. I had to
>manually dump the log file using SQL from the command prompt.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: david leigh [mailto:vorlon@arach.net.au]
>Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 1999 4:49 PM
>To: emerald@iea-software.com
>Subject: Re: [Emerald] SQL 6.5
>
>
>Did you learn anything which might be worthwhile for the rest of us to
>know?
>Ie was the problem with your database what Microsoft considered to be a
>common one?
>
>Cheers
>David Leigh
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: John Roman <jroman@toua.net>
>To: emerald@iea-software.com <emerald@iea-software.com>
>Date: Thursday, May 20, 1999 4:52 AM
>Subject: RE: [Emerald] SQL 6.5
>
>
>>Actually rebooting the machine is what caused SQL to die in the first
>>place.
>>I just got off the phone with microsoft tech support at $195 and they
>>helped me repair the master database which had gotten damaged.
>>Thanks for everyones suggestions though.