Hi Lester,

> This is not just a database problem, I had the same
> difficulty with log files - the system crashed but there was
> nothing in the log <g>. Now I open - write - close, not very
> efficient but it's the only way?

Hmmm. In my case, I open - write - flush - write - flush - ... - close and
never saw a problem. I can see all entries in my log files after each system
crash. Since I'm on Win32 mostly, I use FlushFileBuffers to do the manual
flush. Have you tried this?


Cheers,
Dmitry