Hi

Thanks for the information.

However I am on 2.0.4 (and currently bound to that) and I need to decide
from linux on command line, whether forced writes is on.
Can you give me any hint?

Regards,
Steffen

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com [mailto:firebird-
> support@yahoogroups.com] Im Auftrag von Norman Dunbar
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 26. Januar 2011 17:26
> An: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> Betreff: Re: AW: [firebird-support] How to test for forced writes?
>
> Hi Steffen,
>
> > In an older mail to this list (2010-10-01 09:28) Norman Dunbar wrote:
> >
> >> Note, if gfix hasn't been used against this database, then the above
> > command will not display "Attributes".
> >
> > So does the absence of that line in the output say "gfix was not used,
> > so no information" or does is say "forced writes is off" ?
>
> On a database that has never been "gfix -write async" the Attributes do

not

> show anything for forced writes. At least, up until version 2.5 where it
> *does* show "forced writes" immediately after a database has been
> created.
>
> On 2.1.3, there is nothing listed until after you run "gfix -write" to set

the

> forced writes on.
>
> Once the database has had "gfix -write" run against it, the attributes do

show

> details.
>
> There may have been a change between 2.1.3 and 2.5 where this was
> resolved.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Norman.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> >
> >
> > My problem: This database is part of one of our products and I need to
> > be sure, it always works in forced writes mode.
> > I always thought it would, but now I want to be sure.
> >
> > Your statement above indicated, we are wrong, but what now?
> >
> > Can we "simply" run " gfix -user sysdba -pass XYZ -write sync
> > /path/to/database.fdb" ?
> >
> > What about backups? If they are restored, do we need to run that
> > command again?
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Steffen
> >
> >
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