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Adjusting PAGE_SIZE

Adjusting page size is a complex topic. To learn more details about it, see Important - PAGE_SIZE Conversions.

Warning: Changing the PAGE_SIZE is a maintenance task that should be done carefully and with a full reliable backup. Practice on a copy of your data and other folders until you are confident with the results. FairCom DB V12 has a default PAGE_SIZE 32K (V11 defaulted to 8K) and it will automatically attempt to convert the FairCom Internal files (FAIRCOM.FCS, *.FSD, *.FDD) during the initial startup. The automatic conversion requires the file ctscmp.exe (ctscmp on Linux/Unix) to be present in the working directory where the FairCom Server binary (faircom.exe for V12) is located (the \server directory for V12).

Notice that a file created with a larger PAGE_SIZE cannot be opened by a system with a smaller PAGE_SIZE.

Follow these procedures to rebuild the affected files:

  1. Shut down the FairCom Database Engine, start it again, then shut it down again to be sure all logs are flushed and a clean final checkpoint has been written.
  2. Make a good backup of your databases and your server folder.

    Move this copy to a different machine from your live system. Keep a clean copy in case you need to start over.

  3. Edit ctsrvr.cfg and add the PAGE_SIZE keyword if it is not already there:

    PAGE_SIZE 32768

    • The size should be a power of 2. The maximum page size is 64k (65536).
    • The current default in V12 and later is 32768.
  4. Go to the FairCom data directory.
  5. Delete all log and start files (i.e., all files that start with "L00…", "S00…", "D00…"). With a clean shutdown you should not have any "I00…" files in the directory.
  6. Optional for V12.0.1 and higher: For FairCom DB releases V12.0.0 and earlier, rebuild the three superfiles used by the FairCom Database Engine using the ctscmp utility including the -sect parameter:
    • Remember that the sect size is the page size/128. For example, if your page size is 32768, use a sect size of 256.

       ctscmp.exe <server directory>\data\ctdbdict.fsd 256

       ctscmp.exe <server directory>\data\ctreeSQL.dbs\SQL_SYS\ctreeSQL.fdd 256

       ctscmp.exe <server directory>\data\FAIRCOM.FCS 256

  7. Delete the current index files for your data files.
  8. Change the indexes for your data files using the ctcmpcif or ctcmpcif.standalone utility including the -sect parameter (which is -256 in the example below):

    ./ctcmpcif (server directory)/data/ctreeSQL.dbs/MyData.dat ADMIN ADMIN FAIRCOMS -256

    ./ctcmpcif.standalone (server directory)/data/ctreeSQL.dbs/MyData.dat -256

    If using ctcmpcif, restart the server first.

  9. Fixed-length files: Rebuild the indexes for your fixed-length data files using the ctrbldif utility including the -sect parameter (which is -256 in the example below):

    ./ctrbldif (server directory)/data/ctreeSQL.dbs/MyData.dat -256

    Variable-length files: Rebuild the indexes using ctcmpcif.exe as follows:

    ctcmpcif.exe <your application data directory>\your_file.dat 256

    Note: It is acceptable to use ctcmpcif.exe to rebuild both fixed and variable-length files. The ctcmpcif.exe utility creates a new copy of the data file by copying all the active records into a new file, and then calling ctrbldif.exe to generate a new index. This step is required to ensure the deleted space management index is properly built within the variable length data file. Fixed-length files don’t have any internal indexes, therefore calling ctrlbdif.exe is sufficient.

  10. Restart the server and verify no errors were logged in <faircom>/data/CTSTATUS.FCS.
  11. Connect to your data files and verify no errors were returned.

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