Search Again: Re: FileMaker 5, was: 2000 virtual domains From: Dale Date: Sunday, October 10, 1999 Time: 5:41:00 pm It wasn't a FileMaker 'problem' It was an OS problem. >Perhaps this is getting a little off-topic, but does anyone know if >the FileMaker data corruption problems mentioned below are solved by >the latest release (v5)? > >I just went to the recently redesigned http://www.FileMaker.com/ site >and did a search for "data corruption." Not too surprisingly, I got >"err: no results." > >Hazlitt > >:: :: :: :: :: :: > >At 11:41 PM -0700 10/9/99, Men & Mice Support wrote: >>Once again (as with my previous two posts), this message was sent >>10/1 but failed to appear due to a mail snafu. >> >>At 10:17 AM -0700 9/28/99, Peter Lalor wrote: >>>>Peter Lalor wrote: >>>> >>>> > 5. OS 8.1 has a bug that can cause severe directory damage in >>>> > disk-intensive environments. Use any other OS version. >>>> >>>>Do you have a reference on this? >>> >>>It was the bug that was best publicized pertaining to FileMaker data >>>corruption. We proved at several sites that it occurred with >>>CommuniGate too, and only with OS 8.1. A search of >>>http://til.info.apple.com/ and http://www.macintouch.com/ should turn >>>up something. You might also check the FileMaker site, as they were >>>bitten by it hard. >> >>This problem also existed in 8.5 and 8.5.1. In fact, that's when it >>got media attention, after which people pointed out that it had >>existed beforehand. I've only ever seen it myself with 8.5.1, with a >>corrupted FileMaker field index.

Messages In This Thread: FileMaker 5, was: 2000 virtual domains by Hazlitt Krog on Oct 10, 1999 at 5:24:00 pm Re: FileMaker 5, was: 2000 virtual domains by Dale on Oct 10, 1999 at 5:41:00 pm