Subject Re: [firebird-support] Lost Records
Author Woody (TMW)
> I have been using Firebird for about 1 year now without much problems,
however lately there have been reports from my client that after he enters a
few records and confirms that it has been saved into the db, the next day or
a few days laters the record no longer exists. He has confirmed that no one
has interfered with the database.
>
> I have been using ODBC driver as my interface. I cant seem to figure how
this would be possible as I checked my application coding and cant find what
could be causing this to happen.
>
> I am using RC6.
>
> Any ideas on what could course records to disappear after a confirmed
commit to the db.

I had a similar problem once and it turned out that forced writes were
turned off on the server (Win2K) and a power outage caused the unsaved data
to disappear. Not sure if that is what's happening to your client but it
might be worth checking into depending on the server they are using.

Woody (TMW)