Subject Re: [firebird-support] Multi-file database
Author Jakub Hegenbart
Yaten Kou napsal(a):

>hi list,
>i was trying multi-file database but i don't seem to be getting the
>behaviour that i'm expecting.
>
>below is a sample scenario to further illustrate my problem
>
>The command:
>gbak -c sample.fbk test-01.fdb 40960 test-02.fdb 40960 test-03.fdb 40960
>test-04.fdb
>
>The result:
>-rw------- 1 firebird firebird 535552 Nov 9 07:15 test-01.fdb
>-rw------- 1 firebird firebird 2048 Nov 9 07:15 test-02.fdb
>-rw------- 1 firebird firebird 2048 Nov 9 07:15 test-03.fdb
>-rw------- 1 firebird firebird 2048 Nov 9 07:15 test-04.fdb
>
>
>i was expecting a different result, i was expecting that test-01 to test-03
>would be
>limited to 40960bytes (plus header) and test-04 would contain the rest of
>the data.
>
>is that correct or i'm missing something?
>
>
>best regards,
>
>yaten kou
>
>
It's correct, you're just missing the right units. It's database pages,
not bytes. Therefore, you should calculate the right page count for the
file size you need and use it.

Jakub