Re: [firebird-support] Re: Rename database command

2013-06-05 Thread Alexandre Benson Smith
Em 4/6/2013 22:23, sir_wally_lewis escreveu: > It became clear to us that to keep the system going we have to run a > backup/restore every weekend because of slow downs when transaction counts > got too high which means the system is barely keeping it's head above water. > I can't see a reason w

RE: [firebird-support] Re: Rename database command

2013-06-05 Thread Leyne, Sean
Alexandre, > Em 4/6/2013 22:23, sir_wally_lewis escreveu: > > It became clear to us that to keep the system going we have to run a > backup/restore every weekend because of slow downs when transaction > counts got too high which means the system is barely keeping it's head > above water. > > > >

Re: [firebird-support] Re: Rename database command

2013-06-05 Thread Alexandre Benson Smith
Em 5/6/2013 13:33, Leyne, Sean escreveu: > Alexandre, > > While I completely agree with your points. I read the OP as meaning > that they are running out of transactions ID (given the current 2GB > limit) -- they have an 800GB database, so a large number of > transactions would/could be expected

Re: [firebird-support] Re: Rename database command

2013-06-05 Thread Marcus Bajohr
From my little knowlegde i would guess Robert is talking about the delta between the oldest active transaction and next transaction. But as long as i do not know anything about the application (event listeners, long time transactions and that) and the environment (Number of active connections a

Re: [firebird-support] Re: Rename database command

2013-06-05 Thread Alexandre Benson Smith
Em 5/6/2013 17:34, Marcus Bajohr escreveu: > From my little knowlegde i would guess Robert is talking about the > delta between the oldest active transaction and next transaction. > But as long as i do not know anything about the application (event > listeners, long time transactions and that) an

[firebird-support] Re: Rename database command

2013-06-05 Thread sir_wally_lewis
Hi Sean, While I don't pretend to understand Firebird at the atomic level. I am just trying to cope with database slowdowns. We find the only bullet proof methodology to solve database slowdowns is a backup restore. So we are searching for a method to be able to resolve database slowdowns, whil

Re: [firebird-support] Re: Rename database command

2013-06-05 Thread Marcus Bajohr
Hi Robert, what you can do for your own information: query the database headers per: gstat -h that shows you the relevant transaction informations, and also if the internal housekeeping (sweeping) is activated - and when, at what interval (delta between oldest active transaction and oldest sn

[firebird-support] Storing headings and paragraphs in a Firebird database

2013-06-05 Thread certfb
This is probably a question for Stack Overflow, but I would like a Firebird specific answer so asking here. I would like to store simple documents in a Firebird database as an ordered collection of paragraphs as follows: Document 1 Record 1 -> 1. Heading 1 Record 2 -> 1.1 Heading 2 Record 3 ->