Subject Re: [firebird-support] Re[2]: OT: Survey about database corruption (for portuguese speakers only)
Author Tim Ledgerwood
At 03:15 PM 11/07/2003 +1000, you wrote:

>At 06:43 AM 11/07/2003 +0200, you wrote:
>
> > >
> > >There are three classical ways to corrupt an InterBase database. The
> > >first is to open it on windows using two (or more) different name
> > >strings. That leads to wrong type page errors.
> >
> >
> >Ann, thanks for this info. Could you explain how the condition above
> >occurs? I mean, how do we avoid it or prevent it happening?
>
>Don't use InterBase. (The problem is fixed in Firebird: if anyone tries,
>access is denied). The bug and the fix are described on Page 32 of the v.1
>release notes.
>
>heLen
>


Excellent - thanks Helen.

Just means I'll have to work harder and faster at getting our production
systems upgraded ... :-)

Regards

Tim


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