> --- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Zoran
> Zivkovic" <zilez2003@...> wrote:
> >
> > I use IB 6.01 for many year, and this morning I have a problem:
> >
> > - Database can't be backed up
> > - Cannot read tables
> > -...
> >
> > everywhere I find the error
> >
> > "Reached the end of the file"
> >
> > I suppose that error is made by OS ? Database was on Win98 PC,
> forced
> > writes on , super server. if someone need more details, I can
> advice.
> > I don't need coments "you should use linux, it is more stable", I
> > need help to solve the problem.
> >
> > THIS IS REALLY URGENT.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Zile
> >
>
> OK, we have good backup from 29.6.2006, so we will retype everything
> for friday and saturday. Todays not working will cost company about
> 2.500 Euro. I would be happy to know what can cause such problem. The
> back up from Friday evening is only 10MB big (instead 150MB). So
> problem hapened on Friday, 30.6.2006!!! Anyway, on Saturday,
> 1.7.2006, everything worked fine, except they couldn't do backup at
> all, at the end of the day.
>
> Today, there are many errors in database.
>
> If anybody know what could be the problem, please advice. I would
> really like to avoid these situations in the future. This is 3rd time
> in 5 years that we have problem with database (our mistake or not),
> and almost every time company loses money because we could't restore
> back up from day before.
>
> Regards
>
> Zile

something else to remember
BDE (under any OS) freaks out if the disk space remaining is exactly
divisible by 4. Eg. 20 GB free. Have a look for 'FixBDE4GbBug.pas' on
Google, by a guy called Reinaldo Roberto Yañez Arrey (!). All you need to
do is add this unit to your project, and it uses its own version of
'GetDiskFreeSpace' which actually works...
Alan