Re: [Firebird-net-provider] fbBackup on remote Clients

2014-05-01 Thread Jiri Cincura
On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 8:23 PM, Mark Rotteveel wrote: > You could always use the services API to create a backup on the server, > but since CORE-2666 it is also possible to stream the backup to the > client (or from the client to the server for restore). Good. As I thought. I was confused by the

Re: [Firebird-net-provider] fbBackup on remote Clients

2014-05-01 Thread Mark Rotteveel
On 1-5-2014 19:40, Jiri Cincura wrote: > On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 12:21 PM, Mark Rotteveel wrote: >> That is no longer true, remote backup has been included in the service API >> in Firebird 2.5.2: http://tracker.firebirdsql.org/browse/CORE-2666 > > I'm lost. Wasn't this always the case? Via service

Re: [Firebird-net-provider] fbBackup on remote Clients

2014-05-01 Thread Jiri Cincura
On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 12:21 PM, Mark Rotteveel wrote: > That is no longer true, remote backup has been included in the service API > in Firebird 2.5.2: http://tracker.firebirdsql.org/browse/CORE-2666 I'm lost. Wasn't this always the case? Via services API you created backup on server. But it was

Re: [Firebird-net-provider] fbBackup on remote Clients

2014-05-01 Thread Parzival
Hello, thanks for the responses. I understand that the limitation of the .net provider fbBackup was caused by a limitation on the server api. The functionality is in place starting with version 2.5.2. This leads to the question, if this function is on the roadmap for the .net provider. Jiri, can

Re: [Firebird-net-provider] fbBackup on remote Clients

2014-05-01 Thread Mark Rotteveel
On Thu, 1 May 2014 11:49:02 +0200, Jiri Cincura wrote: > On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 8:49 AM, Parzival wrote: >> Is there a way to get fbBackup working on remote Clients? > > http://tracker.firebirdsql.org/browse/DNET-287?focusedCommentId=20797&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels%3Ac

Re: [Firebird-net-provider] fbBackup on remote Clients

2014-05-01 Thread Scott Price
Hi Parzival, I would suggest you consider something like a secured webservice, which can be invoked by the remote client to perform the backup on the server side. However, depending on the size of your resultant backup, you may not want to transfer it back to the client. I hope that helps yo

Re: [Firebird-net-provider] fbBackup on remote Clients

2014-05-01 Thread Jiri Cincura
On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 8:49 AM, Parzival wrote: > Is there a way to get fbBackup working on remote Clients? http://tracker.firebirdsql.org/browse/DNET-287?focusedCommentId=20797&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels%3Acomment-tabpanel#action_20797 -- Jiri {x2} Cincura (x2develop.