At 02:19 a.m. 27/11/2012, André Knappstein wrote: >Hi Gang, >preparing finally for the leap of faith and switch from 1.5.6 to 2.5.2 >on all applications and databases. So far everything is still nice. I >followed documentations and postings on the -Fix_FSS_M switch. > >I never made too wide use of UDFs, so I don't expect too many problems >there. > >No I found the following: >On occasions (not regularly, but quite often) I get the "size >specification either missing or incorrect...". I checked old postings >but did not find something for my case. > >I am not specifying file sizes. Each database consists of only 1 file.
The minimum abbreviation for the -password switch is -pass (not -pas). This error is occurring because of confusion with -pa[ge_size]. >I have the impression that the order of parameters in gbak.exe can >influence the quota of errors, but can't lay a hand on it. In older versions, it worked best to place the -user and -password parameters at the end for a restore. I'm not aware that this still holds for 2.x versions, though. >For example, the following mostly works, but not always: >gbak -rep Z:\Local\Daten\BU_SFiles Z:\Local\Daten\SFiles -user SYSDBA >-pas masterkey y Z:\Local\Daten\X_SFiles.txt -v -FIX_FSS_M WIN1252 > >while the next one sometimes works, but in most cases not: >gbak -rep Z:\Local\Daten\BU_SFiles Z:\Local\Daten\SFiles -user SYSDBA >-pas masterkey -v -FIX_FSS_M WIN1252 y Z:\Local\Daten\X_SFiles.txt I guess you remembered that you'll get an error if you try to output the -verify text to a file name that already exists? >note please, that I only change the order of parameters. >Also, this only happens when restoring from 1.5.x backup to 2.5.2 >server. Restoring from functional 2.5.2 backups never fails with any >error. > >One thing I can definitely say is that in several 100 occasions, gbak >never fails if I drop the -y <path> option completely. See above - output files MUST be uniquely named. ----->> By the way, if you are using the gbak instructions in Ch. 39 of The Firebird Book Second Edition that was released on the IBPhoenix DVD #21 in August, you should know that two lots of Errata relating to that chapter have been fixed since then. You can refresh your book at the IBPhoenix web site. <<------- ./heLen
