Hi, many thanks for your answer (and Alexander's). I am however not
100% sure what you mean by the embedded version of firebird. We
access firebird from a delphi application using the IB components in
delphi. Am I right by saying that this is not the embedded version?
I have a Firebird 1.5 server manager icon in my control panel, but
if I stop the firebird manager, my application still runs fine???

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Marco Bommeljé <jbommelj@x>
wrote:

> adele_leroux wrote:
> > Our
> > development director wants to know from me what do you do when a
> > firebird database crash. Coming from a access database

environment I

> > believe this is a valid concern. Please give me some feedback on
> > integrity and database fix utilities and even whether such

utilities

> > exists or are neccessary :-)
>
> Hi Adèle,
>
> In addition to what Alexander wrote, please note the following.

Using Firebird

> means that your application does not access the database directly

(unless you

> use the embedded version). Instead, your application "talks" to

the Firebird

> Database Management Server, which is a separate running program

(or background

> service). Therefore, when your application crashes, it does not

affect your

> database, because the DBMS is managing the database. This is

different from

> Access, Paradox and other so called desktop databases. Even if the

Firebird DBMS

> process crashes e.q. as the result of a power failure, chances of

datbase

> corruption are minimal. Server DBMSes such as Firebird are

designed to keep your

> database in tact, whatever happens.
>
> Tell your director that Firebird is in the league of Sybase,

Oracle, DB2 and the

> like and cannot be compared to Access.
>
> Cheers,
> Marco