[firebird-support] Efficient update on small subset of LARGE table?

2012-12-12 Thread Kjell Rilbe
Hi, I have a table LargeTable with ~170 million records. I need to update a single column on a small subset (maybe a million records or so), but the subset selection requires references to other tables. Unfortunately, Firebird does not support joins in update or delete queries, resulting in

[firebird-support] Permission denied

2012-12-12 Thread Ted Miglautsch
It happened again. Suddenly I lost the ability to locally access a database. This is firebird 2.1 running on Ubuntu 10.04. If I try and access the database using isql I get Permission denied. However, ls -l shows I have ownership and rights to the file. I can even dump the file. It seems

Re: [firebird-support] Permission denied

2012-12-12 Thread Mark Rotteveel
On Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:23:53 +0400, Ted Miglautsch theom...@migmar.com wrote: It happened again. Suddenly I lost the ability to locally access a database. This is firebird 2.1 running on Ubuntu 10.04. If I try and access the database using isql I get Permission denied. However, ls -l shows

[firebird-support] NBackup tools

2012-12-12 Thread Tony Christiansen
Hi all Does any one know of a scheduler that uses Nbackup? There are a couple that use GBak (like FIBS or GBakScheduler etc.) but I was hoping something similar exists for NBackup Free, commercial, demo anything Thanks Tony

Re: [firebird-support] How to insert and see an image or photography?

2012-12-12 Thread W O
Well, I can save and see the images using a programming language, no problem with that, but maybe sometimes I can need to save them without a program and I don't know how to do that. If there is not solution then there is not solution and I will live knowing that. Greetings. Walter. On

Re: [firebird-support] How to insert and see an image or photography?

2012-12-12 Thread Martijn Tonies
Well, I can save and see the images using a programming language, no problem with that, but maybe sometimes I can need to save them without a program and I don't know how to do that. If there is not solution then there is not solution and I will live knowing that. Greetings. Walter.

Re: [firebird-support] How to insert and see an image or photography?

2012-12-12 Thread W O
Thank you very much for your answer Martijn Greetings. Walter. On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 8:28 AM, Martijn Tonies m.ton...@upscene.comwrote: ** Well, I can save and see the images using a programming language, no problem with that, but maybe sometimes I can need to save them without

Re: [firebird-support] How to insert and see an image or photography?

2012-12-12 Thread Jaison
Hi, On 12-12-2012 5:47 PM, W O wrote: Well, I can save and see the images using a programming language, no problem with that, but maybe sometimes I can need to save them without a program and I don't know how to do that. In Flamerobin, you have the option 'Save blob to file'. But you have to

[firebird-support] Very bad performance when joining two big tables.

2012-12-12 Thread un_spoken
Hi guys. Database in one of our clients has reached the point where it is no longer possible to get results in some reasonable time. In the database we have two tables: TASK - around 40 million of rows nad LOCATION around 20 million of rows. This is the query: SELECT T.ID_TASK,

Re: [firebird-support] Permission denied

2012-12-12 Thread André Knappstein
Are all clients connecting using the same protocol? And the same adress resolution? Can, at the same time you are being denied the permissions, other users (re-)connect and work without problems (== is this only a problem when you are trying to access via SYSDBA or OWNER? I

RE: [firebird-support] Unique constraint causes insert to fail with 'conversion error from string '

2012-12-12 Thread Rick Debay
This is a FB 1.5.6 bug. It does not appear in our testing for the move to FB 2.5.2. -Original Message- From: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com [mailto:firebird-support@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Rick Debay Sent: Friday, November 09, 2012 4:22 PM To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com

[firebird-support] What can go wrong with indexes after migration from 2.5.1 to 2.5.2 ?

2012-12-12 Thread hjcats59
Hello, In the Firebird 2.5.2 release notes it is strongly advised to migrate databases using gbak backup/restore. or `If this is impracticable, at least rebuild all compound indices in the databases being migrated.' What's the reason for this advise, what can go wrong when indexes are not

Re: [firebird-support] Error using fbcopy

2012-12-12 Thread Milan Babuskov
horushardware wrote: Copying table: TABLE1 Connecting to: '' as 'SYSDBA'...Connected. Reading charset: NONE. No need for reconnecting. Connecting to: '' as 'SYSDBA'...Connected. Reading charset: NONE. No need for reconnecting. Disabling triggers...done. New format detected. ERROR! ***

[firebird-support] Problem with columns too big

2012-12-12 Thread phil_hhn
Hi, I have a database I've been using for a long time under FB1.5 and UnicodeFSS (var)chars. Because of the UnicodeFSS, I'm mindful that I'm dealing with multi-byte chars. When I process my schema to create this database under Firebird 2.5.2, and using UTF8 for all my (var)chars, for one

[firebird-support] System performance issue

2012-12-12 Thread Robert martin
Hi One of our clients has a machine where intermittently the system crawls to almost stop. Launching programs (like paint) takes about 2 minutes to open. The CPU usage is low (1-3 %) but HDD usage shows at between 97 - 100%. This situation can last 30 mins to 2 hrs before returning to

Re: [firebird-support] How to insert and see an image or photography?

2012-12-12 Thread W O
Thank you, Jaison. Greetings. Walter. On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 9:44 AM, Jaison jaisonkakk...@gmail.com wrote: ** Hi, On 12-12-2012 5:47 PM, W O wrote: Well, I can save and see the images using a programming language, no problem with that, but maybe sometimes I can need to save them

[firebird-support] Re: How to insert and see an image or photography?

2012-12-12 Thread Thomas
--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Lester Caine lester@... wrote: W O wrote: I know how to insert an image or photograpy to a table using a programming language and how to see that image or photography, but I don't know how to do without a programming language. So, I have two

RE: [firebird-support] System performance issue

2012-12-12 Thread Leyne, Sean
Robert, The weird thing is that while the system is slow and the HDD shows at around 100% use in resource monitor, the actually data throughput is about 1 ro 5MB a sec. This is can be much higher when the system runs normally. This made me think the HDD might be faulty but all indications

[firebird-support] System performance issue

2012-12-12 Thread Robert martin
Hi One of our clients has a machine where intermittently the system crawls to almost stop. Launching programs (like paint) takes about 2 minutes to open. The CPU usage is low (1-3 %) but HDD usage shows at between 97 - 100%. This situation can last 30 mins to 2 hrs before returning to

[firebird-support] Redirection

2012-12-12 Thread gu1tarrr
Hi, I´m using Firebird version 2.1.0.17798 and I'm trying to use redirection feature by enabling it in firebird.conf file. I'm using BDE (Borland Database Engine) to connect to database. I use SERVER NAME string like `server1:server2:database.fdb' and it connects successfully but when I try to

[firebird-support] Redirection

2012-12-12 Thread Tiago França
Hi, I´m using Firebird version 2.1.0.17798 and I’m trying to use redirection feature by enabling it in firebird.conf file. I’m using BDE (Borland Database Engine) to connect to database. I use SERVER NAME string like ‘server1:server2:database.fdb’ and it connects successfully but when I try to

[firebird-support] Re: What can go wrong with indexes after migration from 2.5.1 to 2.5.2 ?

2012-12-12 Thread Dmitry Yemanov
12.12.2012 14:41, hjcats59 wrote: In the Firebird 2.5.2 release notes it is strongly advised to migrate databases using gbak backup/restore. or `If this is impracticable, at least rebuild all compound indices in the databases being migrated.' What's the reason for this advise, what can go

Re: [firebird-support] Efficient update on small subset of LARGE table?

2012-12-12 Thread Kjell Rilbe
Kjell Rilbe skriver: What new approach are you referring to? 2 X time for natural scan would be fair enough. It took 1½ hour to execute an update using execute block with for select do update where the select picked PK:s from a temporary table I filled with a select like the above.