Progress .db file magic number

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forlorn

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Could someone in a hex editor get the first few bytes (512) from a good progress .db file and post it here. I have a tape that is damaged that I am trying to recover and I need to see where the file starts, I am thinking it is after the first block, 3E 10 4D B1 seem to be the first 4 bytes.

Thank you very much,

John
 
The rest are zeroes.

This is far too low level for me to understand

(Let me guess, I have now naively given you my license key).
 
Lee Curzon said:
The rest are zeroes.

This is far too low level for me to understand

(Let me guess, I have now naively given you my license key).
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No, i am trying to recover a .db file off a tape that was generated on a unix box and I want to be sure of where the file starts.

Thank you for the help.
 
btw. I'm not a DBA, but if your tape is damaged, you should probably restore from a safe backup.

Poking around in hex sounds like a good way to permanently corrupt your data (yeah, I know you're only trying to establish the db start, but...).

Alternatively, bring the issue up on dba@peg.com, where the experts hang out.
 
Lee Curzon said:
btw. I'm not a DBA, but if your tape is damaged, you should probably restore from a safe backup.

Poking around in hex sounds like a good way to permanently corrupt your data (yeah, I know you're only trying to establish the db start, but...).

Alternatively, bring the issue up on dba@peg.com, where the experts hang out.
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Thank you for the info and the tip, it is a little more complicated than that, the tapes seem fine, but I am missing the native progress db to do it natively really.
 
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