Leyne, Sean wrote:

> Aage,
>
>> Doesn't the checksum entry (by default) contain 12345 (or something
>> like that)?
>
> Yes, it is '12345'
>
>
>> It is possible to check if this value has gotten changed
>
> Not easily. I suppose you could use a hex editor to review the file
> contents, but it would be a tedious process of checking the pages.
>
> {Besides, I don't recall off-hand the byte position of the checksum in
> the page headers.}
>
>

You wrote:
<<
The checksum logic has been disabled in Firebird since the historical
days of IB v5.x.

>>

Sorry, I wasn't clear.
I meant that Firebird could easily check the checksum word whenever a
page was read or written. Thus being able to flag a "checksum error".

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Aage J.