How to add the database

[chai]

Hi
I have a .db file, when i am trying to open in a single user mode usind data dictionary it is giving an error "Can't open the File", but when i tried opening it will multi user mode...it is showing an error "Does't have a server running".

Wat may be the problem?

thanks in advance
chai

 

[Norman Biggar]

Are you running the same version Progress as the database?

I am getting similar messages when I try to open our V9 databases using V8.

Check the "version" file in your DLC directory.

 

[chai]

Thanks for the reply,

I am running V9.1C of Progress,
How do u check the version of the .db file, meaning whether it is v8 or v9?

chai

 

[chai]

Or it will be helpfull if u can tell me how to convert a v8 DB to v9

waiting for the reply

 

[Norman Biggar]

The problem would only arise if you were trying to connect to a higher level database, e.g. running V8, trying to connect to a V9 database. You would receive a message

** Cannot find or open file , errno = 2. (43)
Unable to read master block, file = /dbs/database, errno = -1. (6070)

To check that you are definitely running V9, go to the procedure editor and run
message PROVERSION.


If you are running the correct version, try to perform a before image truncation on the database. This sometimes seems to sort things out.

I have also seen this behaviour on a UNIX system where the shared memory allocation became corrupted. The solution was to reboot the UNIX box.

 

[Otis]

Cool, I've had the same snag, but I still can't get V9.1C to open (or even acknowledge!) my 8.3B database.
Is there some conversion trick that I'm not getting?
Help, please.

Otis