Subject AW: [firebird-support] Transporting FB database
Author Alexander Gräf
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> Von: rpinder@... [mailto:rpinder@...]
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 1. Februar 2005 18:39
> An: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> Betreff: [firebird-support] Transporting FB database
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> If you want to move a FB database between two Win32 machines
> (both running same Version of FB), can you not just shut down
> the DB, copy file, and start it up ?
>
> Is there good reason (other than garbage collection) to use
> GBAK instead ??
>
> Thanks
>
> Rich Pinder
> USC School of Medicine
>

Some addition: If you move a DB file between two machines with different byte ordering (little endian vs. big endian), you need to use GBAK.

Cheers, Alex