Subject Re: [firebird-support] Is it save to append some data at end of the binary firebird database file?
Author Christian Gütter
Hi,

> I figured out it is possible to simply append manually some ascii
> data at the end of the db file (see picture attached). This would be
> my preferred solution. It seems to work (I can still read and write
> to the database and even manipulate the database structure). But
> maybe this is only luck?

This will only work until Firebird needs to extend the database file
and then all kinds of bad things might happen.

I would rather store this information in a separate configuration file.
Or, if you are a big fan of abusing file formats, you might want to
try to append the information to your executable file. The last time I
tried this (years ago on Windows), it worked without problems.


Cheers,
Christian