Re: [firebird-support] Re: Best Firebird Platform for our Environment

2013-04-03 Thread André Knappstein
Bill, we have been running what in our understanding was a huge mixed dBase/Delphi 7 application until 2006. DBFs until 2004, then switched to Firebird for data, then replaced (nearly) all code by C#/.net. When the performance of an application on a well equipped Classic Server is

[firebird-support] Re: fbserver.exe stuck at 50% CPU - Client Connections just hang

2013-04-03 Thread nielsen_brian_p
Hey Guys, Sorry for the necro-post. I did complete the update to Firebird 2.5.2, and for a month or so here, the issue did not occur again. Unfortunately, it has since reoccured. FBSERVER.exe was only using 8mb of memory when I connected to take a look. I had a Firebird Tracing tool

Re: [firebird-support] FireBird 2.5 How can i create 1 byte (0-255) column?

2013-04-03 Thread Ann Harrison
On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 11:23 AM, wan30032 wan30...@yahoo.com wrote: hello,now i used type is smallint. but there are more than 4,000,000,000 records. so i want to change with like ms sql tinyint. I think what you want is : CHAR[1] Character Set Octets Don't use VARCHAR[1] - that

Re: [firebird-support] FireBird 2.5 How can i create 1 byte (0-255) column?

2013-04-03 Thread Dmitry Kuzmenko
Hello, wan30032! Sunday, March 31, 2013, 7:23:14 PM, you wrote: w hello,now i used type is smallint. w but there are more than 4,000,000,000 records. w so i want to change with like ms sql tinyint. I need to say some, against char(1) etc. instead of smallint - rows are being compressed in

Re: [firebird-support] FireBird 2.5 How can i create 1 byte (0-255) column?

2013-04-03 Thread Markus Ostenried
On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 5:25 PM, Ann Harrison aharri...@ibphoenix.comwrote: ** I think what you want is : CHAR[1] Character Set Octets Don't use VARCHAR[1] - that will make each one three bytes long. And be careful of the layout of your records. For example, if you sandwich your CHAR[1]

[firebird-support] Firebird server maximum number of simultaneous connections

2013-04-03 Thread frodrigues_fcprd
Hi, We are using a set of 20 databases that are accessed simultaneously by 20 (or more) applications (each one with multiple threads). These applications (written in c# and using the FirebirdSql.Data.FirebirdClient.dll) basically retrieve records from the database, perform a special processing

Re: [firebird-support] Re: fbserver.exe stuck at 50% CPU - Client Connections just hang

2013-04-03 Thread Thomas Steinmaurer
Sorry for the necro-post. I did complete the update to Firebird 2.5.2, and for a month or so here, the issue did not occur again. Unfortunately, it has since reoccured. FBSERVER.exe was only using 8mb of memory when I connected to take a look. You have to fine-tune memory usage. You also

[firebird-support] FB 2.5 shutdown restore question

2013-04-03 Thread Rick Debay
We have a database that we want to wipe and replace every week, regardless of whether it is in use. Are these the correct steps? I notice that 'gfix -online' throws an error, probably because the database is online after gbak completes. Is there a way for the restore to not become online during

Re: [firebird-support] FireBird 2.5 How can i create 1 byte (0-255) column?

2013-04-03 Thread Ann Harrison
On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 12:25 PM, Markus Ostenried mac...@gmail.com wrote: ... be careful of the layout of your records. For example, if you sandwich your CHAR[1] between two integer columns, you'll get three bytes of padding so the integers align on natural boundaries. Out of

Re: [firebird-support] FB 2.5 shutdown restore question

2013-04-03 Thread Dmitry Kuzmenko
Hello, Rick! Wednesday, April 3, 2013, 11:09:33 PM, you wrote: RD gfix -shut single -force 1 server:/opt/firebird/db/clone.fdb RD rm -fv /opt/firebird/db/clone.fdb RD gbak -v -use_all_space -r /mnt/usb/firebird/clone.fbk RD server:/opt/firebird/db/clone.fdb RD gfix -online normal

[firebird-support] unavailablr database

2013-04-03 Thread freddyholst
ISC ERROR CODE:335544375 ISC ERROR MESSAGE: unavailable database After not working with database for some time, I forgot the answer to the error above. Anu help will be appriciated. fdguard and fbserver iss running. Regards Freddy