In message <01db01c2b572$7d9f5b50$0a02a8c0@seal>, Martijn Tonies
<m.tonies@...> writes

>Hi Pete,
>
>> >> I have just moved to Firebird from Interbase. I am having a problem
>> >> backing up with gbak.
>> >>
>> >> I use the command
>> >> C:\Progra~1\firebird\bin\gbak -verbose -user SYSDBA -password masterkey
>> >> contacts.gdb backup.gdb
>> >> to backup my contacts database.
>> >>
>> >> But the backup goes as far as 1,040,000 records, then stops. If I were
>> >> still in Interbase, I would now go to the Interbase Server Manager,
>> >> check the database, then fix it.
>> >>
>> >> I think that I need to use Firebirds GFIX, but the help flies off the
>> >> screen...
>> >
>> >There's documentation available from IBPhoenix
>>
>> I have modified the command which they have given me... to
>> "C:\Program Files\Firebird\bin\gfix" -v -f -user "SYSDBA" -password
>> "masterkey" c:\develop2\contacts\contacts.gdb
>>
>> and get the error message
>> "bad parameters on attach or create database
>> -secondary server attachments cannot validate databases"
>
>Do what it tells you - secondary attachments -> you're trying to
>validate a database from an additional connection. Disconnect
>all clients/applications/tools and then try again.

hmmm... is that what it was telling me? ):->

OK, closed the one other user, but I am still getting exactly the same
error message.

>
>
>With regards,
>
>Martijn Tonies
>InterBase Workbench - the developer tool for InterBase & Firebird
>Firebird Workbench - the developer tool for Firebird
>Upscene Productions
>http://www.upscene.com

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Pete Clark