how to fix 'segment lengths do not match'

[Scott Nelson]

Ok, this is weird...  this is on a new server and has Plenty of space 
and I am getting
"There is not enough room for that many records.
Room on Current Drive for 0 more records."

Now why would filePro lie to me?




Brian K. White wrote:
> On 9/21/2010 4:58 PM, Scott Nelson wrote:
>   
>> During a server crash, one of filepro files was open and had the old
>> style key / data setups.  How do I fix this?
>>     
>
> main menu, A Expand Files.
> Select a broken file, add 10 or so records.
> If that doesn't fix it add more, add 100.
>
> I don't know how few or how many are actually required, maybe you can 
> always add just 1, maybe you need some amount that varies depending on 
> things like the size of the file or the size of one record or the number 
> of broken records etc.. We always just "add 10 or so" and it works, and 
> it rarely hurts to add more than necessary since they'll just get used 
> shortly anyways, and it happens rarely enough that we've never bothered 
> to nail down an exact minimum required or deduce some rule to arrive at 
> some specific number.
>
> But it has happened enough times over many years and boxes that it's a 
> known and routine fix.
>
>