> From: "Paul Schmidt"
> > > > -Copying the database file(s) while in use
> >
> > I don't know any way to prevent this to happen in the engine. Note that
> > the original Database is not corrupted, just the copy that was made
> > using this process.
>
> The original can sometimes be corrupted, if the copy program has locked
> sectors of the disk, or parts of a file. The engine might not be able to
> do anything about it, but perhaps it could detect that another process
> has locked sectors or part of the file, and simply wait for the other
> process to unlock and then continue.

Does not Firebird open the database file in share-read mode ?
If yes, is it really possible for other applications to lock parts of that file ?

Ivan
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