Yeah, what he said! ;-)

That is a lot more elegant and probably easier that setting up all the RMI
stuff because you wouldn't need to put anything new on your remote servers.

Rick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ryan Baldwin" <ryan.baldwin@...>
To: <Firebird-Java@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2004 6:21 AM
Subject: RE: [Firebird-Java] Backup with Java


> Hi Ivens,
>
> I just thought I'd point out that it is possible too attach too a remote
> firebird server's services API and invoke GBAK via this. In the previous
> example I gave the line
>
> gds.isc_service_attach( "service_mgr", handle, serviceParameterBuffer );
>
> could be changed too read
>
> gds.isc_service_attach( "serverhost:service_mgr", handle,
> serviceParameterBuffer );
>
> where 'serverhost' is replaced with the name of the machine too which you
> wish too connect. The Interbase 6 ApiGuid contains infomation regarding
> this.
>
> As far as I understand this would probarbly be the easiest way of invoking
> GBAK on a remote system.
>
> Ryan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ivens Tadeu Silveira [mailto:ivens@...]
> Sent: 14 January 2004 11:15
> To: Firebird-Java@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Firebird-Java] Backup with Java
>
>
> Hi Rick,
>
> Could you answer me just one little thing? It´s possible access
gbak
> directly from my client computer using RMI or I will need an another
program
> in the database server to receive de request from client and them run
gbak.
> Thanks.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rick Fincher
> To: Firebird-Java@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 6:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [Firebird-Java] Backup with Java
>
>
> Hi Ivens,
>
> There are numerous ways to do this. If your Java app is running on the
same
> server machine as Firebird you could simply use java.lang.System.exec() to
> call gbak from the command line.
>
> You could use java.rmi to do this from a remote Java system.
>
> Rick
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> Anyone knows if it's possible to do a database backup from a java
> program? If it's possible where can I get a sample?
>
>
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