Subject Re: [firebird-support] Proper way to handle an open Firebird database...
Author Dimitry Sibiryakov
03.05.2018 16:11, Javier Cintron fcintrono@... [firebird-support] wrote:
> 1. When I need to copy my Firebird database: Do I need to shutdown the Firebird instance
> first? and If y es, what is the proper way to shutdown and startup it?

You may shut it down or use nbackup or use ALTER DATABASE BEGIN BACKUP query. nbackup
is the simplest way.

> 2. When I need to restart Windows Server, Do I need to shutdown the Firebird instance first?

No. Windows correctly shut every service down before restart.

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WBR, SD.