On Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:13:07 -0000, "patrick_marten" <patrick_mar...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hello, > > since a few days I've noticed a problem in my application, when doing some > database updates. > > What I'm doing: > 1. Shutdown database with > "D:\My Application\gfix.exe" -shut full -force 0 -user SYSDBA -pas > masterkey "C:\Users\Public\Documents\MyDatabase.FDB" > > 2. Doing some updates > > 3. Back & Restore of the database > > 4. Restart database with > "D:\My Application\gfix.exe" -online -user SYSDBA -pas masterkey > "C:\Users\Public\Documents\MyDatabase.FDB" > > This has worked all the time (like 2 years), but suddenly it doesn't > anymore - can't say that I've changed something...
What doesn't work? Do you get an error message, if so: what is the error message > One version of my application ships with FB 2.1.4, the new one with FB > 2.5.2. For the first one it seems to be enough to introduce some delay > between the processes, for the second one it doesn't work. > > The article > http://www.firebirdsql.org/file/documentation/reference_manuals/user_manuals/html/gfix-dbstartstop.html > says that using "full" is not an acceptable option for starting up a > database, so I've also tried to shutdown the database using "single" > instead, but it didn't change anything. That document tries to convey that "gfix -shut full" is acceptable, while "gfix -online full" isn't, as that doesn't make sense for online. Mark
