--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Artur Anjos <listas@a...>
wrote:

>
> nathan_probst wrote:
> > Will the DB be corrupted?
> Most likely.
> > Will it be recoverable?
> Most likely not.
> > Or will
> > everything be fine, just data from the failed transaction missing?
> >
> It's very easy to try and test it. :-)
>
> We have some customers that use the database on a USB disk. We do
> software for kindergartens, and some time the owner want to take

all the

> data with him to work at night at home - it's just small databases,
> normally 30-40Mb (without children pictures). Works like a charm,

but

> they have strong warnings about it, so they stop the application

(Fb

> Embedded, so the file is not open by any service), copy the

database to

> the hard disk first, and disconnect the usb disk.
>
> Artur
>

My customers also use USB flash disk, but without warranty, because
some USB flash is bad and corrupt the files, or the customer remove
it while it is writing.