--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Ivan Prenosil"
<Ivan.Prenosil@...> wrote:

>
> > Can I conclude that the Nature of Firbird makes it impossible to
> > recover deleted or updated records once the database performs a SWEEP?
>
> No. Immediately after sweep the data will still be there.
> They will be overwritten later when FB actually needs
> to reuse space occupied by them.
>
> Ivan
> http://www.volny.cz/iprenosil/interbase/
>

Hello Ivan. In your opinion, does a SWEEP make any difference in
making it more difficult or impossible to recover committed deleted or
updated records? I have a very paranoid client. Thanks, Hugo