--- In ib-support@y..., Michael Weissenbacher <MWeissenbacher@n...>
wrote:

> i've never lost ANY data in a firebird database since
> then. i think if you really lose data with firebird it is 99% a

hardware > problem. we are running internet servers 24/7 without
crashes or restarts

Michael,
Thank you for the confidence booster. I need it as I am shipping my
product soon.

> i suggest to do a backup and a restore every time you change the

metadata of

> your database. i've used this with success for a long time.
>
> regards
> mw
>

I have now started doing this. I think this should be standard
practice for everybody.(After all the tables have been populated with
some test data) Maybe it should go into the documentation.

Thanks
GK