--- In ib-support@y..., "mgastde" <michael.gast@w...> wrote:
> 4. As far as i know there is no(!) redo log utility like in Oracle.
I
> would like to have it, but i did not find such a tool. If you need
to
> recover your data after a crash to a state after your last backup,
you
> have no tool to do this. Start keing in :-(
> I'm currently thinking of realising it by myself, but I'm not a good
> C++ programmer...

Regarding roll-forward logging, you will find this article by Dalton
Calford of some interest:

http://firebird.sourceforge.net/index.php?op=useful&id=calford_1

Regards,
Andrew Ferguson
-- If you're happy and you know it send me money.







>
> 5. Pay attention to the size of your database files. If the one or
the
> last file of your database grows over the maximum file size of your
> OS, your database will be corrupted.
>
> 6. Pay attention with sweep. We switched it off. Sweep is now done
in
> a low usage time (started with a cron job).
>
> Hope my suggestions will help you.
>
> Best regards
> Micha