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From: cjoslyn@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (Cliff Joslyn)
Newsgroups: comp.databases,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Major, serious failure in Foxbase v 2.0?
Message-ID: <2385@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu>
Date: 22 Aug 89 06:06:04 GMT
Organization: SUNY Binghamton, NY
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I'm using Foxbase 2.0 on an AT.  I have a 298K file refs.dbf file with
895 records and a 100K refs.dbt attachment.  I never had any problems
before, but now the following commands yield:

	. use refs
	. copy struc to junk
	. use junk
	. append from refs
	500 records copied

whereupon it hangs on the disk.  Eventually it says:

	Out of disk

On examining the disk, the file refs.dbt has now grown to fill the disk,
about 6 MB, and refs.dbf is truncated to about 200K, exactly 592
records.  The same behavior results under:

	. use refs
	. modif struc

I performed the above many times when the file was just a bit smaller
(I've added maybe 20 records this week).  I controlled for available
memory with no change.  Next I will control for open index files. 

Any ideas?
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