Re: [firebird-support] Re: comments/advices on database design change please

2011-12-25 Thread Alan J Davies
Reading your various recent posts, I may be wrong, but I think I'm correct in saying you know very little about databases, Firebird or otherwise, and that's fine, we all started somewhere. While people are very willing to help with tips, tricks and solutions to all sorts of sql problems, they

Re: [firebird-support] Finding the differences

2011-12-25 Thread Milan Babuskov
si_carter_987654321 wrote: I have two almost identical sets of records, what would be the most efficient way of detecting records that are different in the table based on a single column? If you only want to view the difference, I recommend using FBCopy with XH option. It creates a nice

Re: [firebird-support] Re: comments/advices on database design change please

2011-12-25 Thread Milan Babuskov
ehaerim wrote: 1) Can you tell me more how efficient by keeping blobs outside of the main table? It is not really any more efficient. The blob in main table would only keep blob ID there - actually blob data is stored on a separate database page. You would essentially be duplicating what

Re: [firebird-support] 1000 databases per server ?

2011-12-25 Thread Milan Babuskov
Vander Clock Stephane wrote: so is it a probleme to have on one server 1000 databases (does it's will use more memory or more power resource than a single database) ? As for Firebird, this depends on the server architecture used and available RAM and your expectation of concurrent users

[firebird-support] is there a support for create type like postgresql ?

2011-12-25 Thread ik
Hello, Firebird have support for create domain that allow me to create a new type out from existed type. PostgreSQL support this as well, but it also support create type (http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/rowtypes.html) that allow to create more complex data types such as struct in C or

Re: [firebird-support] 1000 databases per server ?

2011-12-25 Thread Vander Clock Stephane
yes, but what i want to know if for the same amout of data, is their any disadvantage (or advantage) to use several database instead of one ? On 12/25/2011 3:42 PM, Milan Babuskov wrote: Vander Clock Stephane wrote: so is it a probleme to have on one server 1000 databases (does it's will

[firebird-support] gbak -CREATE_DATABASE -buffers 0 = not work :(

2011-12-25 Thread Vander Clock Stephane
hello, is it a bug gbak -CREATE_DATABASE -buffers 0 ... = gave an error :( thanks by advance stéphane

Re: [firebird-support] 1000 databases per server ?

2011-12-25 Thread Michael Ludwig
Vander Clock Stephane schrieb am 25.12.2011 um 17:54 (+0400): yes, but what i want to know if for the same amout of data, is their any disadvantage (or advantage) to use several database instead of one ? More maintenance? Imagine altering your schema for 100 databases. Then again, there's

Re: [firebird-support] is there a support for create type like postgresql ?

2011-12-25 Thread Helen Borrie
At 02:51 AM 26/12/2011, ik wrote: Firebird have support for create domain that allow me to create a new type out from existed type. PostgreSQL support this as well, but it also support create type (http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/rowtypes.html) that allow to create more complex data

[firebird-support] About nbackup

2011-12-25 Thread Vander Clock Stephane
Hello, on the paper nbackup look wonderfull, but what are behind the wood that we need to know ? for exemple i see that during the backup, the database file is locked and all write are done in a separate delta file ... is this can slow down the server ? especially when the separate file is

Re: [firebird-support] About nbackup

2011-12-25 Thread Dmitry Kuzmenko
Hello, Vander! Sunday, December 25, 2011, 10:57:32 PM, you wrote: VCS for exemple i see that during the backup, the database file is locked VCS and all write are done in a separate delta file ... is this can slow VCS down the server ? VCS especially when the separate file is merge back with VCS

Re: [firebird-support] gbak -CREATE_DATABASE -buffers 0 = not work :(

2011-12-25 Thread Dmitry Kuzmenko
Hello, Vander! Sunday, December 25, 2011, 5:56:45 PM, you wrote: VCS hello, VCS is it a bug VCS gbak -CREATE_DATABASE -buffers 0 ... = gave an error I'm curious, what error, and why you ever need -buffers 0 in the command line, since it is default value for the new created database? --

Re[2]: [firebird-support] 1000 databases per server ?

2011-12-25 Thread Dmitry Kuzmenko
Hello, Vander! Sunday, December 25, 2011, 5:54:51 PM, you wrote: VCS yes, but what i want to know if for the same amout of data, VCS is their any disadvantage (or advantage) to use several database instead VCS of one ? I don't see any need to keep 1000 client's data in one database, except you

Re: [firebird-support] Index Strategy

2011-12-25 Thread Ann Harrison
Cheers, Ann On Dec 22, 2011, at 4:12 AM, Vander Clock Stephane svandercl...@yahoo.fr wrote: Hello, I have a problem that i thing any web site can have ! Let say i m a car dealer WebSite and want to permit user to search my zillions car Firebrd database Typycal search will be

Re: [firebird-support] Index Strategy

2011-12-25 Thread Ann Harrison
Stephane, I have a problem that i thing any web site can have ! Let say i m a car dealer WebSite and want to permit user to search my zillions car Firebrd database Typycal search will be SELECT FIRST 100 SKIP 0, * FOR CAR Where NAME = 'BMW' AND LOCATION = 'NEW

Re: [firebird-support] Index Strategy

2011-12-25 Thread Vander Clock Stephane
not sure i understand :) On 12/26/2011 11:11 AM, Ann Harrison wrote: Cheers, Ann On Dec 22, 2011, at 4:12 AM, Vander Clock Stephane svandercl...@yahoo.fr mailto:svanderclock%40yahoo.fr wrote: Hello, I have a problem that i thing any web site can have ! Let say i m a car

Re: [firebird-support] 1000 databases per server ?

2011-12-25 Thread Vander Clock Stephane
thanks dmitry ! On 12/26/2011 1:54 AM, Dmitry Kuzmenko wrote: Hello, Vander! Sunday, December 25, 2011, 5:54:51 PM, you wrote: VCS yes, but what i want to know if for the same amout of data, VCS is their any disadvantage (or advantage) to use several database instead VCS of one ? I