> >> Database header page information:
> >> Flags 0
> >> Checksum 12345
> >> Generation 84490
> >> Page size 4096
> >> ODS version 10.1
> >> Oldest transaction 81692
> >> Oldest active 84481
> >> Oldest snapshot 84481
> >> Next transaction 84482
> >> Bumped transaction 1
> >> Sequence number 0
> >> Next attachment ID 0
> >> Implementation ID 16
> >> Shadow count 0
> >> Page buffers 0
> >> Next header page 0
> >> Database dialect 3
> >> Creation date Feb 8, 2008 9:00:35
> >> Attributes force write, no reserve
> >>
> >
> > I give in,... what's 'no reserve'
>
> No space on data pages is reserved for back record version.
>
> Usually the no reserve option makes sense for databases which are
> read-only, e.g. on CD ...
>
>
> --
> Best Regards,
> Thomas Steinmaurer

so if it's read only, how is that impacting on the OP's saving or loss of
data?
Alan