[DERBY-6355] Data Integrity guidelines should include not deleting or otherwise tampering with files under the database directory

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 10.10.1.1
• Fix Version/s: 10.10.2.0, 10.11.1.1
• Component/s: Documentation
• Assignee: Camilla Haase
• Reporter: Katherine Marsden
• Created: 26/Sep/13 18:12
• Updated: 16/Apr/14 02:41
• Resolved: 09/Oct/13 20:19

Description

The page for maintaining data integrity: https://builds.apache.org/job/Derby-docs/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/trunk/out/adminguide/cadmindbintegrity.html should also warn against touching any files under the database directory.

Maybe we could paraphrase from the README. file:

1. *************************************************************************
2. *** DO NOT TOUCH FILES IN THIS DIRECTORY! ***
3. *** FILES IN THIS DIRECTORY AND SUBDIRECTORIES CONSTITUTE A DERBY ***
4. *** DATABASE, WHICH INCLUDES THE DATA (USER AND SYSTEM) AND THE ***
5. *** FILES NECESSARY FOR DATABASE RECOVERY. ***
6. *** EDITING, ADDING, OR DELETING ANY OF THESE FILES MAY CAUSE DATA ***
7. *** CORRUPTION AND LEAVE THE DATABASE IN A NON-RECOVERABLE STATE. ***
8. *************************************************************************/