I think I messed up my compiler

[Jordan Tiona]

I was working on a project. I got an error on one of my runs, and closed the
application by pressing the x, which was followed by a "You have chosen to
close a program that is not responding, etc." The next time I tried to build
my program, I get this error:

CDDataBase fatal error C1033: cannot open program database 'c:\documents and
settings\jordan\my documents\visual studio projects\c++ course\workshop
1\cddatabase\debug\vc70.idb'

What does this mean?

 

[Earl Purple]

I was working on a project. I got an error on one of my runs, and closed the
application by pressing the x, which was followed by a "You have chosen to
close a program that is not responding, etc." The next time I tried to build
my program, I get this error:

CDDataBase fatal error C1033: cannot open program database 'c:\documents and
settings\jordan\my documents\visual studio projects\c++ course\workshop
1\cddatabase\debug\vc70.idb'

What does this mean?

Off-topic, but it probably means that the file is corrupt. Fortunately
you can delete the file in question and move on. At least it's not an
important file.

Of course your important files are regularly backed up (probably both
in CVS or whatever source-control you use, plus some other backup
system your company has).

 

[Roland Pibinger]

I was working on a project. I got an error on one of my runs, and closed the
application by pressing the x, which was followed by a "You have chosen to
close a program that is not responding, etc." The next time I tried to build
my program, I get this error:

[...]
Off-topic, but it probably means that the file is corrupt. Fortunately
you can delete the file in question and move on. At least it's not an
important file.

It's amazing that many applications do not write files atomically.