Re: [firebird-support] Cannot restore 32GB DB - fails at end, unusable. Any ideas please.

2016-04-12 Thread tomconl...@gmail.com [firebird-support]
There is 77GB free out of 148GB at the minute and it has restored 9GB so far, final size ~33GB so on the surface looks adequate unless very large temp files are created when the indexes are reactivated?

[firebird-support] Re: Cannot restore 32GB DB - fails at end, unusable. Any ideas please.

2016-04-12 Thread tomconl...@gmail.com [firebird-support]
I'm now trying to restore it with "ignore validity constraints" off in flamerobin. It's a production database but this restore is for a side-project (email logging). I clearly need to get to the root of the problem. The offending index is added to using a generated integer within a

[firebird-support] Cannot restore 32GB DB - fails at end, unusable. Any ideas please.

2016-04-12 Thread tomconl...@gmail.com [firebird-support]
gbak:activating and creating deferred index K_MERCURY_EMAIL gbak:cannot commit index K_MERCURY_EMAIL gbak: ERROR:operating system directive CreateFile failed gbak: ERROR:The system cannot find the path specified. Database restore canceled 21:17:19 due to IBPP exception: ***

[firebird-support] Re: Firebird 2.0 Support Windows Server 2012?

2014-11-13 Thread tomconl...@gmail.com [firebird-support]
But you likely changed from 32bit Win2003, so you are experiencing the expected problem of Window Cache/Pages management with 64bit OS. Please google this subject, there is plenty written about it. Shouldn't this important information be part of the FAQ or in other prominent place?

[firebird-support] Re: Date literals

2014-08-15 Thread tomconl...@gmail.com [firebird-support]
I'd recommend using 'dd-mmm-' as in '01-Jan-2014'. It is unambiguous, more easily readable than the alternatives, and doesn't require the brain to convert the month number to an actual month name. Tom

[firebird-support] Re: GROUP BY odd results - can someone explain please?

2014-06-20 Thread tomconl...@gmail.com [firebird-support]
Thanks for the replies. - Same results with ISQL + CTE - FB version 2.1.3.18185 SS on Windows 2008 Server R2 (on a VM) - will validate the db when possible. Database info ODS Version 11.1 Page Size 8192 Pages 163560 Size on Disk 1.25GB SQL Dialect 3 Default Character Set NONE

[firebird-support] GROUP BY odd results - can someone explain please?

2014-06-19 Thread tomconl...@gmail.com [firebird-support]
e.g. I was expecting to see one row for melvin comms directors 30.04.13 and also for DCFTG210513. TIA Tom QUERY - select '['|| TRIM(SUBSTRING(COMMENTS FROM 1 FOR 100)) || ']', count(*) from target group by 1 having count(*)5 order by 1 RESULTS --- [null] 2289