Re: Smallest bi growth: -i or -r

From: Seymour Quarks

Date: 2 Jul 2001

-i

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bernie Pannell" <ae0b643c-b939-8280-de11-7103233604bd>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2001 9:40 PM
Subject: RE: Smallest bi growth: -i or -r


> So, which of the 2 options yields the smallest bi growth then?
> 
> Regards,
> Bernie.
> 
> 
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From:  [mailto:]On Behalf Of Casey,
> >Tim
> >Sent: Monday, 2 July 2001 10:47
> >To: 
> >Subject: RE: Smallest bi growth: -i or -r
> >
> >
> >-r means "Buffer I/O" to the BI file, not "Read Only". If the
> >system crashes or you have a hardware failure while using -r, you
> >will not be able to recover your db.
> >
> >With -i, there are *fewer* writes to the BI file than if it is not
> >specified, but there is still *some* activity. If Progress fails
> >for any reason, you will not be able to recover.
> >
> >Read only mode is specified by -RO, and will result in no BI activity.
> >
> >Tim.
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Ted Duke [mailto:f302070b-ddd3-8ea8-de11-59039158bcba]
> >> Sent: Monday, 2 July 2001 8:17
> >> To: 
> >> Subject: Re: Smallest bi growth: -i or -r
> >>
> >>
> >> .bi records transactions -- there should be no writing to
> >> the .bi in a read-only database. -i means no-integrity.
> >> You don't want to use that -- there is no .bi activity,
> >> but you effectively trash the database ... At the very
> >> least you would want a backup first, and an index rebuild
> >> immediately after whatever you are doing. Check the
> >> documentation and KBase on -i.
> >>
> >> ----------------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >> At 11:06 AM 7/1/01 -0400, Ed Hon wrote:
> >> >With Progress 8.3, which option yields the smallest bi
> >> growth: -i or -r ?
> >> >
> >> >Ed Hon
> >> >ABB Power T&D Co Inc.
> >>
> >
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