Mystery with Backup File Type

  • Hello,

    I normally look into Backup folder every time I visit a server for any reason. (This action does not replace daily automated check)

    Yesterday on one of the servers I found the following, same for all backup files, I am showing only one line. Look at the File Type:

    Name                                      Size     Type            Modified

    master_db_200605160200.BAK    14,875  1698105090  5/16/2006 2 AM

    This numeric file type was the same for ALL BAK file for all days. If I map a share from another computer and look into the same folder, the file type is back to normal BAK File. In the File Association (Tools->Optios->File Types) the BAK extention is associated with this number 1698105090 on this server.

    This number does look familiar and when I went into Master Sysobjects there was an object with the exact ID, some SP. But I guess that this is just the numbering scheme.

    I wonder how it could happen?

    Regards,Yelena Varsha

  • That's strange. I've never seen that, but I'd suspect that it's a Windows issue with mapping types than a SQL one.

  • Steve,

    Thanks. I think it is not the Windows issue by itself but an application issue. Maybe a Microsoft Application issue. Something reset the BAK files association to something related to Microsoft numbering scheme. The last thing I did on this machine for the web / database application running there is to enable and use Indexing Server while configuring and testing SQL Server Full-Text Search for Files using Indexing Server provider. Additionally WebLogic is running on the machine.

     

    Regards,Yelena Varsha

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