Subject | RE: [IBO] Re: Connection string to FilePath? |
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Author | Alan McDonald |
Post date | 2004-10-08T09:58:10Z |
> Hi Alanyou can backup as much as you like from the client. you can even backup to
> Agree again that the task is not easy. Agree the task would be
> tricky. But we can't answer negatively for this reason. You have
> likely guessed I am asking this question as its related to a
> discussion a day ago on IBOAdmin. After making a backup of a DB file
> at <server>:<path> I want to then delete <net_path.fileA> and then
> rename <net_path.fileB>. If there is no nice function to do what I
> want I'll have to ask the operator to show me where the database file
> directory is. The operator will then get laugh loudly, "All these
> months your program has been managing my data and you don't know
> where the db file is?"
>
> Regards
>
> Russell
the client's local filesystem across the network (as long as your network
admin doesn't catch you :-))
but this whole restore thing you've been chasing is ideally done at the
server. not by some client process. And I wouldn't trust events to manage
the stuff you propose either.
good luck
Alan