24.03.2016 10:56, Dmitry Yemanov wrote: > 24.03.2016 11:33, Vlad Khorsun wrote: > >>> May I suggest to add isc_info_* code to query the backup GUID via >>> isc_database_info()? Parsing gstat output for it is very awful. >> >> I have same idea. I suppose it is better to return GUID in text >> representation, not binary, agree ? > > I'm not that sure. API is for programmers and it's intended to work with > binary data. Whoever able to call isc_database_info() may easily call > (or implement) a function to format it into text.
This is my worries - one could interpret GUID bytes order not in the same way as Firebird does. Look at guid.h - we still have two formats for the GUID's and nbackup currently used old one. If end user will use text GUID's converted to\from binary format by the Firebird itself (gstat\nbackup) - it is consistent and thus safe. Regards, Vlad ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transform Data into Opportunity. Accelerate data analysis in your applications with Intel Data Analytics Acceleration Library. Click to learn more. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=278785351&iu=/4140 Firebird-Devel mailing list, web interface at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-devel
