Kbase P168550: Can Progress guarantee that a database will shutdown cleanly when the Windows operating system is sh
| Autor |
Progress Software Corporation - Progress |
| Acesso |
Público |
| Publicação |
22/06/2010 |
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Status: Unverified
GOAL:
Can Progress guarantee that a database will shutdown cleanly when the Windows operating system is shutdown or rebooted?
GOAL:
Is Windows shutdown or reboot guaranteed to shutdown the database without problems?
FACT(s) (Environment):
OpenEdge Category: Database
Progress/OpenEdge Product Family
Windows
FIX:
Progress can not guarantee that Windows will allow sufficient time for the OpenEdge database to shutdown cleanly before Windows forces a termination.
This Microsoft solution:
Windows Shutdown http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb394721%28VS.85%29.aspx
The very last line of this document by Microsoft reads:
"Applications cannot rely on being able to block shutdown."
Since OpenEdge can not block a shutdown it is possible the the operating system will kill a process during a non-recoverable / critical phase and lead to corruption of a database.
This is rare, but a possible situation.