[firebird-support] garbage collect

2015-04-05 Thread Nick Upson n...@telensa.com [firebird-support]
Hi I'd like to do my backup without gc and then do the gc separately - is there any effective difference between doing gbak with gc and gbak without gc and then gfix -sweep Nick Upson, Telensa Ltd, Senior Operations Network Engineer direct +44 (0) 1799 533252, support hotline +44 (0) 1799

[firebird-support] I need a Firebird DB Documenter Utility

2015-04-05 Thread firebirdbest...@yahoo.com [firebird-support]
I've been designing FB DBs for years just using FlameRobin. It works great for what I need to do, and I can use Delphi's modeler to show an ERD to fellow developers when necessary. However, to explain how the DB relationships work to a customer is still a challenge. Customers need a more

Re: [firebird-support] garbage collect

2015-04-05 Thread Ann Harrison aharri...@ibphoenix.com [firebird-support]
On Apr 5, 2015, at 11:23 AM, Nick Upson n...@telensa.com [firebird-support] firebird-support@yahoogroups.com wrote: is there any effective difference between doing gbak with gc and gbak without gc and then gfix -sweep The only differences (that I can think of) are caused by concurrent

RE: [firebird-support] I need a Firebird DB Documenter Utility

2015-04-05 Thread 'Louis van Alphen' lo...@nucleo.co.za [firebird-support]
I do it the other way around. I use Sparx-Systems’ Enterprice Architect to document/capture my ERD and generate the DDL from there. The diagrams are all UML and makes provision for documentation as part of the table and column specifications. EA can also generate documentation and even an