Re: [firebird-support] Re: Drop table safe when other users are active?

2019-05-27 Thread Kjell Rilbe kjell.ri...@marknadsinformation.se [firebird-support]


Den 2019-05-26 kl. 13:28, skrev hv...@users.sourceforge.net 

[firebird-support]:

>

> > A few years ago we suffered Firebird corruption and got it fixed with

> > the help of IB Surgeon. I was told at the time that dropping tables

> > while other users were connected was the probable cause, and that this

> > was a bug in FIrebird that had been around for a long time. I think 

> this

> > would be for Firebird 2.5.

>

> What bug ? Is it registered at the tracker ? Do you have a test case ?

>

> > Now I'm wondering if this is a bug that is known to have been fixed

> > since then? In other words: Is it now (version 3.0.4) safe to drop

> > tables when the database is in use by multiple users?

>

> I physically can't answer if some unknown bug is fixed or not. There 

> was a lot

> of changes and refactorings during FB3 release circle. It is 

> impossible to make

> any kind of correct answer on such a question, sorry.

>

> Regards,

> Vlad

>



I realize that it's difficult. I was under the impression that this is a 

well-known problem, since it appears to be well-known to the guys at 

IBSurgeon. Apparently not. It's probably highly intermittent, 

considering I have dropped a lot of tables in non-exclusive mode through 

the years, before I got a corruption and learned about this problem. A 

test case? Yeah, well, I could try... But I think it would be better if 

the dev team were to communicate with those who know the problem a lot 

better, i.e. please talk to IBSurgeon.



Regards,

Kjell





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Re: [firebird-support] Re: Drop table safe when other users are active?

2019-06-02 Thread Kjell Rilbe kjell.ri...@marknadsinformation.se [firebird-support]
Den 2019-05-26 kl. 13:28, skrev hv...@users.sourceforge.net 

[firebird-support]:

>

> > A few years ago we suffered Firebird corruption and got it fixed with

> > the help of IB Surgeon. I was told at the time that dropping tables

> > while other users were connected was the probable cause, and that this

> > was a bug in FIrebird that had been around for a long time. I think 

> this

> > would be for Firebird 2.5.

>

> What bug ? Is it registered at the tracker ? Do you have a test case ?

>

I've submitted a bug report now:

http://tracker.firebirdsql.org/browse/CORE-6073



Regards,

Kjell





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