Dmitry, Thanks for clearing up when fb_sort files are being deleted.
We are certainly looking for ways to "Just fix your application", however with complex logic-intensive applications it's not always that simple. "change %TEMP%" is just not going to work in any enterprise environment. You can strong-arm your single-license user into doing this but not the IT departments of companies with thousands of user. Thanks, Alec On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 12:26 PM, Dmitry Kuzmenko <k...@ibase.ru> wrote: > ** > > > Hello, Alec! > > Sunday, June 3, 2012, 10:17:05 PM, you wrote: > > AS> Actually, FB correctly deletes fb_sort file used by a transaction > after the > AS> transaction completes. > > wrong. sort files being deleted when query that have plan sort fetched > to EOF, i.e. to the last record. Same happens, for example, when > group by query sort a huge resultset and result fits in memory. > > If sort file left in temp, then application was terminated or failed, > or computer was powered off or reset. > Nothing to the transactions. > > AS> However, we have a lot of long-running concurrent > AS> transactions which generate a lot of large fb_sort files. > > long-running transactions is a different issue. Just fix your application. > > AS> Moreover, when our customer rebuilt indexes they ran out of system > disk space (since this > AS> is where %TEMP% points to) and left FB in corrupt state. > > change %TEMP%. > > -- > Dmitry Kuzmenko, www.ib-aid.com > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Visit http://www.firebirdsql.org and click the Resources item on the main (top) menu. Try Knowledgebase and FAQ links ! Also search the knowledgebases at http://www.ibphoenix.com ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/firebird-support/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/firebird-support/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: firebird-support-dig...@yahoogroups.com firebird-support-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: firebird-support-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/