Subject Re: [firebird-support] How to test for forced writes?
Author Martijn Tonies
Hello Steffen,

> I have a few databases from different sources and I want to see, if they
> use
> forced writes.
> I found documentation on how to enable and disable them using gfix, but
> how
> do I test for the current status?

That information is available in the database header, so it can be viewed
using "gstat".

Alternatively, any GUI tool - like Database Workbench - should be able
to display it, see for example:
http://upscene.com/documentation/dbw4/fb_db_databaseproperties.htm

With regards,

Martijn Tonies
Upscene Productions
http://www.upscene.com

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