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From: gpoy@vax5.CCS.CORNELL.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: dBase III+ bug?
Message-ID: <16834@vax5.CCS.CORNELL.EDU>
Date: 31 Aug 88 15:05:54 GMT
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Reply-To: gpoy@vax5.ccs.cornell.edu (Sheldon Luberoff)
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Organization: Cornell Computer Service, Ithaca NY
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   Has anyone had a problem with dBase III+ whereby the computer
completely freezes during an operation?  I have.  Aparently it
occurs during a SKIP operation.  It seems to have something to
do with the index file, since when I reboot the machine (usually
by turning it off and back on), the index file that was in use
contains 0 bytes, although a CHKDSK is able to recover the entire
thing as a chain of lost clusters.
   I have also gotten illegal opcode errors, presumably as a
result of the same problem.  I browsed through the database file
and it looks OK.
   What I'd like to know is, is there some kind of known dBase
bug that would cause this, or is this something no one's ever
seen before?
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