Validation and Repair

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In day-to-day operation, a database is sometimes subjected to events that pose minor problems to database structures. These events include:

• Abnormal termination of a database application. This does not affect the integrity of the database. When an application is canceled, committed data is preserved, and uncommitted changes are rolled back. If InterBase has already assigned a data page for the uncommitted changes, the page might be considered an orphan page. Orphan pages are unassigned disk space that should be returned to free space.
• Write errors in the operating system or hardware. These usually create a problem with database integrity. Write errors can cause data structures such as database pages and indexes to become broken or lost. These corrupt data structures can make committed data unrecoverable.

Topics

• Validating a Database
• Repairing a Corrupt Database

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