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What are the 12/31/98 bad ticks?
JB
Chris Baker wrote:
> Just a reminder if you have BMI and didn't delete the 12/31/98 bad ticks generated back in
> September, it's getting close to the time do do so.
>
> Yesterday I deleted the 12/31/98 bad ticks as follows:
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> 1. BACKED UP my Omega directory..
> 2. Started the BMI off-line server.
> 3. Selected File and then Delete in the upper left
> 4. Clicked "Add All"
> 5. Entered the dates 12/31/98 for both From and To, and for both Daily and Intraday.
> 6. Clicked OK - This went very fast.
> 7. After the deletion was completed, shut down the off-line Server
> 8. Deleted C:\omega\server\btc\40bonn.idx
> 9. If you collect 5-minute. bars, also delete the 5-minute file and index, in the same
> directory as 40bonn.idx.
> 10. Started the Real-time server, which rebuilt the index file (40bonn.idx).
>
> The deletion process is fast, about 30 minutes per Meg of 40bonn.dat. Rebuilding
> 40bonn.idx seems to take about 1 hour per Meg of 40bonn.dat
>
> I first tried the copy-out and paste-in process posted by Melody Blais in September. I
> estimated it would have taken all weekend, if it were completed then.
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