[Progress Communities] [Progress OpenEdge ABL] Forum Post: RE: Editing Database Files Directly - Validation

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Back then it was type 1 storage area. I did not knew (or maybe did not remember) about this block CRC so I setup a small test. I changed the block with an hex editor and could still access the database and read and change data. Then I tried dbtool on the changed database and it came back "clean". Only when I run dbrpr with option "16. Scan/Fix block checksum (Type II Area)" the mismatched checksum was flagged. Is this expected or should I have seen errors elsewhere? I tried on OE 11.7.4.

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