Subject Re: [firebird-support] Data security if server or clients hangs
Author Alex Gilev
Hello,

max6395 wrote:
> Hi all,
> i use FB 1.5.4 with a Delphi application.
>
> If a server hang or restart, is always necessary to do a gfix and
> backup/restore of all the databases for being sure that they are
> corrected?
No, you need do a gfix only if database corrupted or periodically to be
sure it is not corrupted or fix errors.

> Is the same if a client hang or restart ?
Client restarts or hangs are safe for database in most cases, so you
don't need to do gfix in this case.

> If a server or client hang, the transactions and the connections are
> automatically cleaned/killed by the Firebird server ?
Yes, all transactions rollback in this case.

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With best regards,
Alex Gilev,
http://www.xstarter.com/firebird-interbase-job-scheduler.html