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4D v13.4
Repair page
Repair page
This page is used to repair the data or structure file when it has been damaged. Generally, you will only use these functions at the request of 4D, when anomalies were detected when opening the database or following a verification (see Verify page). Warning: Each repair operation involves the duplication of the original file which increases the size of the application folder. It is important to take this into account (especially under Mac OS where 4D applications appear as packages) so that the size of the application does not increase excessively. Manually removing the copies of the original file inside the package can be useful in order to keep the package size down. Note: Repairing is only available in maintenance mode. If you attempt to carry out this operation in standard mode, a warning dialog box will inform you that the database will be closed then restarted in maintenance mode. The “Repair the data file” area displays the pathname of the current data file as well as a [...] button that can be used to specify another data file. When you click on this button, a standard Open document dialog box is displayed so that you can designate the data file to be repaired. If you perform a standard repair (see below), you must select a data file that is compatible with the open structure file. If you perform a repair using recovery by record headers, you can select any data file. By default, the original data file will be duplicated before the repairing operation. It will be placed in a subfolder named “Replaced files (repairing)” in the database folder. The second [...] button can be used to specify another location for the original files to be saved before repairing begins. This option can be used more particularly when repairing voluminous files while using different disks. You have two repair options: Standard repair and Recovery by record headers. Both these options are described below. Once you have configured the items to be recovered, you click on the Repair or Scan and repair... button (depending on the option chosen) to start the repair. If you have chosen recovery by record headers, an intermediate dialog box lets you choose the items to be recovered (see Recover by record headers below). 4D creates a new blank data file at the location of the original file. The original file is moved into the folder named "\Replaced Files (Repairing) date time" whose location is set in the "Original files backup folder" area (database folder by default). The blank file is filled with the recovered data. The Open log file button displays a Web page in your browser describing the results of the operation performed. This page lists all the checks or repairs performed and indicates any errors that occurred ([OK] is displayed when the verification was correct). The file is generated in the Logs folder of the database. This file is created in XML and HTML format and is named “DatabaseName_Repair_log”. Standard repair should be chosen when only a few records or indexes are damaged (address tables are intact). The data is compacted and repaired. This type of repair can only be performed when the data and structure file match. Use this low-level repair option only when the data file is severely damaged and after all other solutions (restoring from a backup, standard repair) have proven to be ineffective. 4D records are variable in size. Hence it is necessary to keep the location where they are stored on your disk in a table in order to find them again. The program therefore accesses the address of the record via an index and a table of addresses. If only records or indexes are damaged, the standard repair option is usually sufficient to resolve the problem. However, when the address table itself is affected, it requires a more sophisticated recovery since it will be necessary to reconstitute it. To do this, the MSC uses the marker located in the header of each record. The markers are compared to a summary of the record, including the bulk of their information, and from which it is possible to reconstruct the address table. Notes :
When you click on Scan and repair..., 4D performs a complete scan of the data file. When the scan is complete, the results appear in the following window: Note: If all the records and all the tables have been assigned, only the main area is displayed. The "Content of the scanned data file" area includes two tables summarizing the information from the scan of the data file.
Manual assigning The “Repair the structure file” area displays the pathname of the database structure file as well as a [...] button that can be used to specify another location for the original files to be saved before repairing them. When you click on one of the Repair buttons, if necessary the database is closed then reopened in maintenance mode before the operation begins. After the repair operation is completed, 4D generates a log file in the database folder. This file, named databasename_Repair_log, is created in XML and HTML format. It can be used to view all of the operations carried out. When you click on the Open log file button, 4D displays the log file in HTML format in the default browser of the machine (see Open log file). |
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Product: 4D TAGS Repair_Log*** |