[Zope] var/Data.fs: any way to regenerate from scratch?

[Marc G. Fournier]

Woo hoo!!  Removing the index file appears to have done it ... have to do
some more testing, but I could actually create a folder!! :)

Thanks :)

On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Toby Dickenson wrote:

> On Wednesday 26 March 2003 2:43 am, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
>
> > ConflictError: database conflict error (
>
> This is the oid of your object that has a problem. I guess this is the oid
> assigned to your new new folder.
> >oid 0000000000003397,
>
> This is the serial number of the revision of this object that was loaded at
> the start of this transaction. All zeros means it want loaded - it was newly
> created.
> > serial now 0000000000000000)
>
> This is the serial number of the most recent version in the storage. But the
> object is newly created.... it shouldnt be in there! It looks like
> FileStorage has assigned the new object an oid that is already in use, but
> then noticed its mistake when comitting the transaction.
> > serial was 034b1b936fdaccb3,
>
>
> I dont see why this would be caused by a corrupt data.fs, so your data might
> still be intact. Some things to try.....
>
> 0. If you havent already, take a backup of data.fs and data.fs.index
>
> 1. Are you using ZEO? if so, which version? try without.
>
> 2. Are there any unusual messages in the stupid log file that might give a
> clue about why it has assigned a bogus oid?
>
> 3. Try shutting down zope/zeo, deleting data.fs.index, and restarting. This
> file is a cache used to improve startup time. This first restart will be a
> little slower than normal because FileStorage is rebuilding its index - and
> hopefully this will fix your problem.
>
> --
> Toby Dickenson
> http://www.geminidataloggers.com/people/tdickenson
>