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Compact -c -L generating a "Function to-be-defined" error message.
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Question
What causes the "Function to-be-defined" error message to appear when running a compact -c -L, or sometimes when just running a compact -L command?
 
Answer
The compact -L switch allows the end user to continue to access the database when the compact is in use. This leads to errors when the database is in use and a "copy-style" compaction is indicated.
The compact -c (copy-style compaction) creates a new empty database container on the same server with the same replica ID, renames the original database to a .tmp file, and then copies all of the documents from the original database to the new database container. After all documents have been populated in the new database, the old .tmp database is then deleted.

Given that Domino cannot rename or delete a database that's in use, when you issue a compact -c -L, if a user accesses and edits a database during the copy-style compact, compacting is canceled. Unfortunately, instead of getting an error message that describes why the compact -c failed, you get an error message that states "Function to-be-defined."

Please also note that even if you're running a compact -L (with no -c switch) this error can still appear if compact determines that there's a pending structural change to a database. Examples of pending structural changes that would trigger a compact to run like a compact -c would be enabling or disabling the "Document table bitmap optimization" database property, upgrading the ODS, or enabling and disabling the "unread marks" database property.

The workaround to this issue is to not use the -L switch when attempting to run a compact to make structural changes to a database and allow compact to gain exclusive access to the database.
 
 
 

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 Product categories:
 Software
 Messaging Applications
 Advanced Messaging
 Lotus Domino
 Lotus Domino Server
 Operating system(s):
  Windows
 Software version:
  6.5, 7.0, 8.0, 8.5
 Reference #:
  1409977
 IBM Group:
 Software Group
 Modified date:
 2009-11-06

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