Re: [firebird-support] Remote backup using gbak

2020-01-01 Thread Norman Dunbar nor...@dunbar-it.co.uk [firebird-support]
Evening Kevin, Sadly, not-text parts of your message were removed, so we can't see "what you got". Sorry. Cheers, Norm. On 1 January 2020 19:23:06 GMT+00:00, "Kevin Stanton kevin.stan...@rdb-solutions.com [firebird-support]" wrote: >Greetings! > >I’m hoping someone can help me out here. FB

Re: [firebird-support] Using a Raspberry Pi with Firebird?

2019-04-19 Thread Norman Dunbar nor...@dunbar-it.co.uk [firebird-support]
I haven't set up Firebird on a raspberry pi yet, but I will one day. I would use a powered usb drive or SSD rather than the SD card just because I'd want the data protected as much as possible. It's not as bad as it used to be, admittedly, but SD cards still "wear" and definitely corrupt

Re: [firebird-support] Two aliases pointing to the same file

2018-09-13 Thread Norman Dunbar nor...@dunbar-it.co.uk [firebird-support]
I've been doing that for years! I have, for example, an alias 'employee' and another 'employee.fdb' - if I remember correctly, it was originally used as an example when the aliases file was installed - many years ago. I just followed suit. Cheers, Norm. -- Sent from my Android device with

Re: [firebird-support] Firebird 3 - Auto Garbage collection with Sweep interval = 0

2018-02-16 Thread Norman Dunbar nor...@dunbar-it.co.uk [firebird-support]
Evening Arnaldo, On 15/02/18 13:19, Arnaldo Caliari arnaldo.cali...@studiosoft.info [firebird-support] wrote: > Hi guys, > > maybe i have always misunderstood the garbage collection mechanism, the > sweep interval, etc.. and i'm realising only now, but: Welcome to my world! ;-) > I have this

Re: [firebird-support] How can I prevent that my database can be opened with another security.fdb.

2016-04-08 Thread Norman Dunbar nor...@dunbar-it.co.uk [firebird-support]
I would suggest that the best way to prevent anyone getting hold of your database and opening it with a separate security database is to have good security & physical protection on your server, limited access to the server room (if appropriate) and so on. Normal security precautions in other

Re: [firebird-support] Cannot Connect to FireBird Database from network workstation

2015-11-21 Thread Norman Dunbar nor...@dunbar-it.co.uk [firebird-support]
Maybe a silly question, but is there a firewall that needs a port opening, between your host server for the database, and the clients? Cheers, Norm. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.

Re: [firebird-support] gbak asking for volume number 2 disk

2015-10-20 Thread Norman Dunbar nor...@dunbar-it.co.uk [firebird-support]
PS. http://www.firebirdfaq.org/faq59/ might also apply. -- Norman Dunbar Dunbar IT Consultants Ltd Registered address: 27a Lidget Hill Pudsey West Yorkshire United Kingdom LS28 7LG Company Number: 05132767

Re: [firebird-support] gbak asking for volume number 2 disk

2015-10-20 Thread Norman Dunbar nor...@dunbar-it.co.uk [firebird-support]
Afternoon Sudheer, > What causes gbak to ask for volume 2 number disk? http://www.firebirdfaq.org/faq188/ It would appear that your backup file was found to be incomplete, unfortunately, and gbak is asking for the remainder of the backup. >I am using Firebird-2.5.4.26856_0_Win32 on