[Xapian-discuss] DatabaseCorruptError

[Olly Betts]

On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 11:27:29AM +0000, Andrew Betts wrote:
> DatabaseCorruptError: Expected block 107 to be level 1, not 0
>
> Here's the line that invokes it:
>
> $database = new XapianDatabase(PROJROOT.'/data/xapian/posts');
>
> And my version is xapian-core 1.2.3 with matchspy.  Any ideas?  Is it  
> likely to be because the index is being updated by the indexer at the  
> same time?  Is there a way to avoid getting the above error?  To be  
> clear, it does work most of the time, but very occasionally throws the  
> above.

Well, the message is saying the database is corrupt, but I'm surprised
that it would only happen erratically on opening - I would expect it to
be repeatable.

If you run xapian-check on the database what does it say?  Best to
disable updates while you run it.

Cheers,
    Olly