If you already have the database open in an application - say db1 in
aliases.conf which refers to \apps\database1 and then change db1 in
aliases.conf to \apps\database2 - it will continue to work.

As soon as you close the application and restart it you get the second
database as per your second para. - and your application may or may not
work depending on what it expects.
HTH

Alan J Davies
Aldis

On 23/06/2011 01:08, gastrocus wrote:
>
>
> Interesting.
>
> So if there are existing database connections to a database (using a
> connection string with an alias defined in aliases.conf), then this file
> is edited to change the db that the aliases refer to, then saved.
>
> I assume that Firebird will open the new database for any new
> connections... but how does Firebird handle the pre-existing connections?
>
> Thanks
> Ed
>
> --- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:firebird-support%40yahoogroups.com>, Alan J Davies
> <Alan.Davies@...> wrote:
> >
> > No, changes are seen as soon as aliases.conf is saved.
> > Note that in Windows7 you need to change security settings to enable the
> > user to save it - unless you do that as administrator.
> >
> > Alan J Davies
> > Aldis
> >
> >
> > On 22/06/2011 23:39, gastrocus wrote:
> > > I was recently reading a document on backup/restore of Firebird
> > > (http://www.firebirdsql.org/pdfmanual/Firebird-gbak.pdf) and there
> was a
> > > paragraph on restoring where it made a recommendation:
> > >
> > > "For security, always recreate the database with a new name - a clone -
> > > and update the aliases.conf to reflect the new name."
> > >
> > > Reading this phrased this way, made me question, when does the Firebird
> > > Server (V2.5 ) recognize and pick up changes to the Aliases.conf file?
> > >
> > > My guess would be that I would need to stop and restart the server
> to do
> > > so. Is that correct?
> > >
>
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