One customer database was corrupted, tried all the SQL
Anywhere command and still cannot make it work. The error is
this file is not a database file. Opened by work pad and
checked it is database for sure. Unfortunately they don't
have the log file. The SQL Anywhere version is 5.
Does anybody have idea how to fix it? Does anybody know what
the database file format is? Maybe so I can fix the header
manually.
Thanks

To start when you have not the log create a bat file with

path1\DBENG50 path2\dbname.db -f
pause

I you edit with an Hex editor, can you see the header?

Claude

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Claude,
Thank you very much for help. But I still cannot open the db
file.
I opened the file by binary mode, and found the header is
different with other files. I tried to copy and fix the
first two rows. After that, the dbinfo command was working,
but cannot open by dbeng50, the error is "page count is
wrong". So I think if I know the format, maybe I can fix it
manually.
Do you have any ideas?
Myron

You don't have the tools and knowledge of the database file needed to
patch the database sufficiently to do a data salvage. In the absence of
a backup and recovery plan, you may want to contact technical support to
discuss your options.

-chris

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