| Subject | Re: Can overwrite database file while open - FB 2.5 |
|---|---|
| Author | technisoft2005 |
| Post date | 2010-12-13T11:36:01Z |
--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Svein Erling Tysvær <svein.erling.tysvaer@...> wrote:
when I used FB2.1 I had the installion in SuperServer configuration. With FB2.5 I install it as SuperClassic.
I can sort of understand that the Classic server cannot lock the file, creating separate processes. But as I understand SuperClassic is a single process creating multiple threads and locking should therefore be possible, I think, but maybe not.
I would just like to get some clarity about the situation.
>Hi Set,
> >> > I use the Windows explorer to copy the file from sf1\DATA.FDB into the
> >> > files folder, even though files\DATA.FDB is open it succeeds.
> >>
> >> Okay, you're clobbering your database.
> >
> >Sure, but I don't think that this was possible with FB2.1 and a superserver installation.
>
> I thought you said you were using SuperClassic. SuperClassic is based on the Classic server, not SuperServer.
when I used FB2.1 I had the installion in SuperServer configuration. With FB2.5 I install it as SuperClassic.
I can sort of understand that the Classic server cannot lock the file, creating separate processes. But as I understand SuperClassic is a single process creating multiple threads and locking should therefore be possible, I think, but maybe not.
I would just like to get some clarity about the situation.