Microsoft KB Archive/31208

“Unexpected Error” Message Generated when Running REBUILD

PSS ID Number: Q31208 Article last modified on 04-21-1993

2.20 MS-DOS

Summary: REBUILDing a very large ISAM file with the following syntax in Version 2.41: REBUILD ACCT.DAT,,1:35 ALPHA; generates the following error message: Unexpected Error–ISAM currency losted [sic] REBUILDing the data file to a target file, using the following alternate syntax, eliminates this error: REBUILD acct.dat,new.dat,1:35 ALPHA; Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Version 2.2. This problem has not been duplicated under Version 3.0.

Additional reference words: 2.20 Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1993.