Yes, I was revering to the WAL related items (4 bytes? 8 bytes? can't
recall) in the page header. Since a new ODS is coming anyway, yank
those as well (with, perhaps, reserving 4 bytes for "future work").

Dave

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Claudio Valderrama C. [mailto:cvalde@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 10:27 PM
> To: Firebird-Architect@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [Firebird-Architect] WAL and JOURNAL
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> David Schnepper wrote:
> > I say yank both WAL and jrn.
> [snip]
> Thanks for the historical perspective.
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> > Frankly, if someone wants to write a WAL/Jrn module, I'd say scrap the
> > existing code -- perhaps use it for some ideas about WHERE things must
> > be modified - but start over with a fresh design. And a CVS
> > history record
> > regarding the removal of the code would be fine for someone to
> > jumpstart a new implementation.
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> Indeed, deleted files aren't lost. They are kept by the CVS server.
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> > However, one caution, make a consious decision whether this should
> > change the ODS - don't just blindly remove all the code.
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> Care to explain, Dave? Do you refer to WAL related items in the db header?
> Firebird 2 will have new ODS anyway.
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