On Thu, 2003-07-31 at 08:19, Nickolay Samofatov wrote:

> Hello, Sean,
>
> >> While we're in the area, has anyone given any thought to
> >> creating a UID at database creation time that could be
> >> stored on the header page and used as the root for the
> >> database lock tree? This would be a very nice
> >> (though partial) solution to the database alias problem.
>
> This doesn't solve any of the problems. Currently, Firebird
> allows you to copy database file and use this copy on the
> same machine. This databases will have the same UID.
> We have original database name in database header now
> and it is no way worse than UID.

Maybe it shouldn't, half the trouble with backups and restores is caused
by DBAs using simple copy tools on databases. The solution of course is
to maintain a registry of databases and UIDs and if a database starts
that has a mis-matched UID with the database name in the registry, then
there are two solutions, one assign it a new UID assuming it's a copy,
or throw an error, and force the DBA to do something to reset it.