On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 7:42 AM, 'Moessinger, Semjon' [email protected] [firebird-support] <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > My main intend is to add some version information to a firebird database > file, since I will use firebird as embedded database and installers/update > mechanism will need this information. >
Not a great idea. Unusual, imaginative, but probably catastrophic. When Firebird needs to add more data, it will append some number of blocks to the end of the file. I don't remember the algorithm exactly, but the space will be some number of disk blocks that work out to full pages. On a good day, your information will be overwritten. On a bad day, the allocation will fail or become misaligned and make the database unusable. > > > The information should be available platform independent and I would > prefer a solution not needing any database access. > Maybe distribute a separate file? Good luck, Ann > >
