[ZODB-Dev] FileStorage pack screwy.

[Andrew Sydelko]

Chris McDonough wrote:
> > I called it on a ClientStorage and then watched the StorageServer.
> > After using lots of CPU, it started spitting out a Data.fs.pack and
> > then after a while it stopped growing. And now it just sits there
> still
> > using the old database (before packing).
> 
> Was a Data.fs.old created on the storage server?  Are you sure it's
> still using the old database?
> 
> If so, are there any errors in the ZEO event log?

Aha! There is a problem. But I would have _no_ idea how
to fix it:

2001-10-31T23:11:27 TRACE(-300) ZEO Server message_input 4259856
'(U\x04packGA\xcd\xdc|_/\x1d\x04K\x00t.'
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2001-10-31T23:11:27 TRACE(-300) ZEO Server call 4259856:
pack(1001978046.368073, 0)
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2001-10-31T23:11:27 TRACE(-300) ZEO Server 4259856 R: None
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2001-10-31T23:11:27 BLATHER(-100) ZEO Server pack begin
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2001-10-31T23:11:27 TRACE(-300) ZEO Server message_output 'RN.'
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2001-10-31T23:20:51 ERROR(200) ZEO Server Pack failed for 1
Traceback (innermost last):
  File /data/www/Zope.4/Zope/lib/python/ZEO/StorageServer.py, line 391,
in _pack
  File
/data/www/Zope.4/src/Zope-2.4.2-src/lib/python/ZODB/FileStorage.py, line
1462, in pack
    (Object: /data/www/Zope.4/Zope/var/Data.fs)
KeyError: ^@^@^@^@^@    EV


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So, what to do, what to do? I'm about ready to create a new
database, it's just that I don't what the system down for such
a long period as I export and re-import each object in the root.

--andy.