All Hypertrieve database transactions are written to a transaction log file. If the Hypertrieve database gets corrupted, for example, when the server is switched off without a proper shutdown procedure, Meridian tries to recover the database automatically when the server reboots. The log file will be replayed to rebuild the database. Depending on the length of the log file, this process can be time-consuming. If such an event has happened, information is written to the Windows Application event log. In this case, all data created until the moment of database corruption is maintained.
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