Subject RE: [firebird-support] fb_sort_* and fb_merge_* file position
Author Leyne, Sean
> I have an huge database and an application that connect to it via
ODBC.
> While I'm using apps firebird creates an amount number of this files
> fb_sort_* and fb_merge_* into position my OS temporary directory (like
> c:\TEMP or C:\TMP). Matter is it's about 350Gb and my system crash!
> I don't want to change my system default values so I try to set
> TempDirectories parameter to D:\Data\ in firebird.conf, restart
service...
> But only fb_sort_* files are moved to new destination.
>
> Is there a way to setup a new directory for fb_merge_* files too?

That is a bug that should be logged in the project tracker.

The TempDirectory setting should affect were both sort and merge files
are created/stored.


Sean