[ZODB-Dev] Weird Error Message

[Steve Alexander]

Jim Fulton wrote:
 >

>>Thinking out load: Since the index file is just an optimization, I
>>wonder if we should catch errors like these and fall back to
>>recreating the index.
>>
> 
> Yes, you can always delete the index. Zope will recreate the index
> on a pack or when a FileStorage is explicitly closed. (e.g. on Zope
> shutdown).


In the past, I've been quite glad of the existence of the index. I've 
restored almost all of the data from a seriously corrupted FileStorage 
Data.fs  where the index couldn't be recreated by using the index file 
instead. The corruption was caused in the first place by a power failure.

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Steve Alexander
Software Engineer
Cat-Box limited