Subject Re: [firebird-support] DESPERATE! Need to uninstall Firebird and start again!! Vista problems!!
Author Alexandre Benson Smith
Anderson Farias wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
>> Do you lose everything on your computer when you do this?
>>
>
> Well... even when uninstalling FB you loose nothing important at all. You
> databases are kept untouched as much as will also your conf files
> (firebird.conf, alias.conf), your security db (security*.fdb), your custom
> UDFs.. and even your firebird.log.
>
> Of course, if the only thing you need is to get way with fb control panel
> applet issue, then going the steps Helen have said is a lot less overhead
> and, again, NO you do NOT loose anything.
>
> Regards,
> Anderson Farias
>
>

I thought it was that way, but my last update on my development server
(from 2.0 to 2.1, can't remember the point release of each of those),
deleted my alias.conf when I removed it using rpm -e. I was a bit
surprised by this...

see you !

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Alexandre Benson Smith
Development
THOR Software e Comercial Ltda
Santo Andre - Sao Paulo - Brazil
www.thorsoftware.com.br