[ZODB-Dev] Weird Error Message

[Jim Fulton]

Steve Alexander wrote:
> 
> 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.

Hm. This is a *really* good point.  I bet a much better recovery 
tool could be written to exploit this.  

Anyone wanna take a crack at it? :)

Jim

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