23.11.2018 20:43, Dmitry Yemanov wrote:
can store sequence number elsewhere (and it did until recently), but it's more error-prone
to store it inside the database itself. Header page is an obvious choice. RDB$DATABASE is
another option, but it's also an ODS change.
Isn't a sequence even more obvious choice?..
BTW, database encryption already has access to a database ID. Replication database ID
will be the same or another?
Also isn't function of recently invented SCN the same as your journal number? Don't
they match?..
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