cannot view history for visual studiosafe

Question

I canno't view the history for a certain file in VSS. Erery time I click on 'view history' or rollback or even the difference between two files, I get this error :

SourceSafe was unable to finish writing a file. Check your available disk space, and ask the administrator to analyze your sourcesafe database.

I am trying to view the scripts that I added in the early morning, but I am not able to do that. I so in need them. what should I do ? is there a quick fix for it ?

I should mention that I am able to view the history of the new files that I added lately.

Answer 1

VSS uses a pair of files for each instance of a file in the database: one representing the latest version of the file, and one that represents the change history. The error message is accurate. Perform maintenance on the database. In my experience do this monthly, along with frequent backups. If you don't have a recent backup, it is likely that you have lost the history for the file, but may still have the latest version.