Rms data loss.

[suraj03]

Hi,

I have an J2me application which stores the data in the rms file using some access key.
But sometimes, I am not getting the saved data which I want to update on the server.
But it works fine with some other handset

What could be the issue?


thanks

[petrib]

Hard to say... You could run out of space... The writing/saving fails for some other reason... Are you catching and handling all possible exceptions so that you know?

You need to provide more details regarding your behaviour (the code you are using, info of the failing data, size of the records and record store, which device models you're seeing the problem on/with, and which you don't, etc.).

[suraj03]

Hard to say... You could run out of space... The writing/saving fails for some other reason... Are you catching and handling all possible exceptions so that you know?

You need to provide more details regarding your behaviour (the code you are using, info of the failing data, size of the records and record store, which device models you're seeing the problem on/with, and which you don't, etc.).

Hi,

Actually there is enough space on the mobile (space where the midlet is installed).
In my application I am creating 3-4 rms files which are different from each other.
The rms which I am refering is the least accessed Rms and even if i tried to save the data again it also fails.
But if I try with the same appln with some other handset it works fine.

As per me, I feel that it is not the code issue.
I found this problem in nokia c1 whereas I am getting any issue with Nokia 2700 classic

thanks
Suraj

[im2amit]

Hi,

Actually there is enough space on the mobile (space where the midlet is installed).
In my application I am creating 3-4 rms files which are different from each other.
The rms which I am refering is the least accessed Rms and even if i tried to save the data again it also fails.
But if I try with the same appln with some other handset it works fine.

As per me, I feel that it is not the code issue.
I found this problem in nokia c1 whereas I am getting any issue with Nokia 2700 classic

thanks
Suraj

The problem may be because the RMS recordstore is getting corrupt, please check that you are closing the RMS every time after you use it.
I have faced this issue with on Samsung devices in the past.

[suraj03]

The problem may be because the RMS recordstore is getting corrupt, please check that you are closing the RMS every time after you use it.
I have faced this issue with on Samsung devices in the past.

Hi,

This is the code which I use to save the data in the rms file.
In this code I had closed the rms after being used.
try {
rs = RecordStore.openRecordStore(strdb, true);

/*
if(getRecordRMSIdForInsert(fields[0],strdb)==-1)
{
retValue = rs.addRecord(bytes,0,bytes.length);
}

*/

int tempid=getRecordRMSStartId(fields[0],strdb);
if(tempid==-1)
{
retValue = rs.addRecord(bytes,0,bytes.length);
}
else
{

rs.setRecord(tempid, bytes, 0, bytes.length);
}



rs.closeRecordStore();
return retValue;
}
catch (Exception e) {
return -1;
}

thanks,

Suraj

[im2amit]

If these RMS related operations are done in a thread, please make sure that RMS close is done before we exit the app or switch off the device... so that RMS is not corrupt or keep a backup duplicate copy of RMS, generally we have seen RMS corruptions in case of multiple deletes and adds or Update operations.... set.

[suraj03]

If these RMS related operations are done in a thread, please make sure that RMS close is done before we exit the app or switch off the device... so that RMS is not corrupt or keep a backup duplicate copy of RMS, generally we have seen RMS corruptions in case of multiple deletes and adds or Update operations.... set.

Hi,

I am not using the thread to save the data
Secondly in my code I had used "rs.closeRecordStore()" to close the rms file.
Is it something more is required to close rms.

thanks,

Suraj

[suraj03]

Hi,

What, if suppose I delete the record store after each transaction (updating the data on the server)
and create the new one for the next transaction.

thanks
suraj

[im2amit]

Hi,

What, if suppose I delete the record store after each transaction (updating the data on the server)
and create the new one for the next transaction.

thanks
suraj

This might also be reason for the corruption of the recordstore because J2me depends on the native file system to delete old RMS recordstore and create new one - which may not be done by the native OS just then in realtime and hence data loss is possible.

Work around - always use a new name to create the RMS and delete the old one or just keep the records in a transaction table which need to be send to the server and delete only the records not the recordstore everytime.