Overflow Error When Use ISAMREPR.EXE to Repair ISAM Database

ID: Q94938

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual Basic Standard and Professional Editions for MS-DOS, version 1.0
Microsoft BASIC Professional Development System (PDS) for MS-DOS, version 7.1

SYMPTOMS

Sometimes, if you are using an ISAM database and experience a power failure or you reboot (restart) your computer, running the ISAMREPR.EXE repair utility fails with an Overflow error. This has been reported to occur only during an ISAM operation after a CHECKPOINT statement.

RESOLUTION

In a situation such as this, you will not be able to recover your database. You will have to rely on a backup copy of your database.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Professional Edition of Microsoft Visual Basic version 1.0 for MS-DOS and in Microsoft Basic Professional Development System (PDS) version 7.1 for MS-DOS. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

Additional query words: VBmsdos BasicCom buglist1.00 buglist7.10 1.00 b_basiccom 7.10

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Version : MS-DOS:1.0; :7.1
Platform : MS-DOS
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