--- In [email protected], Doug Chamberlin <chamberlin.doug@...> wrote: > > On 2/29/12 2:50 PM, todderamaa wrote: > > Maybe with the possibility of corruption, I should tell him to exclude > > the database files from backup entirely and only backup the gbk files > > that are created in the evening. > This is the usual way to backup Firebird databases in situations like > your clients have. Operating on the live database files is a quick way > to corrupted backup copies. If you have not experienced corruption > either you have been lucky or have not actually tried restoring from > many of those backup copies.
I thought that the corruption could actually happen to the live database you were copying, not just the backup. Is the risk only to the backup? Todd
