> I have had several databases go corrupt over the weekend (fb 1.5.4 on
> fc8).
>
> The circumstances are that there are several running C processes, some
> connect to the database on startup and poll it, others connect, do
> their thing and disconnect.
> The hostname on these systems was changed (using the hostname command)
> shortly before the corruption messages starting appearing in the
> logfiles, mostly of the "wrong page type, expect x got y" variety,
> where x can be 3 or 5 and so can y (but there may be others I didn't
> notice). The times on the the isc_ files in the firebird directory
> indicate that the ones named after the old hostname were still being
> written after the one for the new name were being used as well.
>
> Can anyone confirm that the hostname change is a probable cause or
> suggest an alternative
>
> (I know this wasn't the best idea, and in fact, I didn't do it but I
> need to explain to the customer why/how it happened)
>

do you mean the hostname was changed while services were running? and
clients connected?
Alan