Subject Re: [firebird-support] Multi-file database
Author Yaten Kou
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jakub Hegenbart" <Kyosuke@...>
To: <firebird-support@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 8:34 AM
Subject: Re: [firebird-support] Multi-file database


> 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

that was an enlightenment, thanks a heap ^_^

i should inform the owner of this site (
http://www.destructor.de/firebird/gbak.htm) for not mentioning
that the size is in pages and not in bytes.

thanks again for great help! Another kudos for the FB Support community!

best regards,

yaten kou