Subject Re: [firebird-support] Re: Urgent!! File d:\cman3.fdb is not a valid database
Author Helen Borrie
At 05:01 PM 7/12/2003 +0000, you wrote:
> > What *size* is the database file (use the property sheet and
>report the
> > size in bytes, please) and what OS are you running the server on?
> >
> > /heLen
>
>Well I am running Firebird 1.5R7
>The OS is WindowsXP with Service Pack 1 (With all update patches
>from Microsoft site applied todate).
>
>The size of database is 30,212,096 bytes

Ok. I wondered whether your loss of the header page might have been caused
by exceeding the filesystem size limit. But a 30 Mb database is tiny.

If you don't have a backup which you can revert to, about all you have left
is to get it recovered professionally --- and certainly to find out what
happened, so you can avoid it in future. On XP I'd put automatic backups
on the suspect list.

IBPhoenix and IBSurgeon both offer professional recovery services.

/heLen