| Subject | Re: Can overwrite database file while open - FB 2.5 |
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| Author | technisoft2005 |
| Post date | 2010-12-11T05:35:13Z |
--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Michael Ludwig <milu71@...> wrote:
Maybe there are technical constraints in FB2.5 which do not allow this solution?
I discovered this by accident on my development machine, so no big deal, but it has some implications for being ultra careful with running production databases.
> > I use the Windows explorer to copy the file from sf1\DATA.FDB into theSure, but I don't think that this was possible with FB2.1 and a superserver installation.
> > files folder, even though files\DATA.FDB is open it succeeds.
>
> Okay, you're clobbering your database.
> There certainly are limits to any given software's resilience.Yes, but if it is a simple as putting a lock on the file, should it not do it? People do make mistakes.
Maybe there are technical constraints in FB2.5 which do not allow this solution?
I discovered this by accident on my development machine, so no big deal, but it has some implications for being ultra careful with running production databases.