[firebird-support] where is firebird installed

2014-01-20 Thread rgilland1966
I need to detect where a firebird installation is on windows so I can auto copy my UDF there. How can I find this out? It seems to have a different location per windows version and/or firebird version. Kind Regards, Robert.

Re: [firebird-support] where is firebird installed

2014-01-20 Thread Stefan Heymann
Robert, I need to detect where a firebird installation is on windows so I can auto copy my UDF there. How can I find this out? It seems to have a different location per windows version and/or firebird version. You can retrieve the path from the Windows Registry, it is located in

Re: [firebird-support] Confused about delta files [SOLVED]

2014-01-20 Thread Stefan Heymann
No, sorry, I meant to say that every reference I have ever found has suggested the correct way to move a FB database from one machine to another is to simply copy the FDB file while the server is down. Oops, that's not good advice. Although this may be safe, it may also not be (depending on

Re: [firebird-support] where is firebird installed

2014-01-20 Thread Ivan Přenosil
I need to detect where a firebird installation is on windows so I can auto copy my UDF there. How can I find this out? It seems to have a different location per windows version and/or firebird version. There can be several Firebird servers installed on single pc, so which one do you want ?

Re: [firebird-support] Confused about delta files [SOLVED]

2014-01-20 Thread Paul Vinkenoog
Stefan Heymann wrote: It also requires you to stop the server, which may be a nuisance if there are also other databases in use. AFAIK, after a FULL shutdown you can also access the .fdb file on a file basis. So you don't have to stop the entire service. You're right; in Firebird 2.0 and

[firebird-support] firebird windows installer command line

2014-01-20 Thread rgilland1966
I cannot find any reference material on the options available to the windows installer. I mainly want to ensure that fbclient.dll gets into the system folder along with a copy to gds32.dll this is to allow iboconsole to work nicely. I have found out how to run the install silently now I just

[firebird-support] Unique Constraint

2014-01-20 Thread Alan McDonald
Not sure if I'm getting the correct error message or why I can't add a unique constraint: Invalid insert or update value(s): object columns are constrained - no 2 table rows can have duplicate column values. attempt to store duplicate value (visible to active transactions) in unique index

[firebird-support] Very very very slow FB 2.5.2 64bit performance on Windows 2008 R2

2014-01-20 Thread Roland Turcan
Hello guys, I found some info about problems with performance when FB is running on Win2008R2 which is domain controller. But in my case is it not DC, but the performance is the worst I met. It is new server running 10GB of RAM, RAID, ... it is quite new server box. It cannot be, that

Re: [firebird-support] where is firebird installed

2014-01-20 Thread rgilland1966
It is a requirement of systems which we install on that we have only one firebird instance. This saves a lot of problems.

Re: [firebird-support] Very very very slow FB 2.5.2 64bit performance on Windows 2008 R2

2014-01-20 Thread fabianoaspro
Check for long running transactions. Test: disconnect everithing from database and run a gfix -sweep. If you solved your problem you have long running transactions Em 20/01/2014 20:51, Roland Turcan k...@rotursoft.sk escreveu: Hello guys, I found some info about problems with performance

RE: [firebird-support] Unique Constraint

2014-01-20 Thread Alan McDonald
Not sure if I'm getting the correct error message or why I can't add a unique constraint: Invalid insert or update value(s): object columns are constrained - no 2 table rows can have duplicate column values. attempt to store duplicate value (visible to active transactions) in unique index

RE: [firebird-support] Very very very slow FB 2.5.2 64bit performance on Windows 2008 R2

2014-01-20 Thread Leyne, Sean
I found some info about problems with performance when FB is running on Win2008R2 which is domain controller. But in my case is it not DC, but the performance is the worst I met. It is new server running 10GB of RAM, RAID, ... it is quite new server box. It cannot be, that

RE: [firebird-support] Unique Constraint

2014-01-20 Thread Leyne, Sean
Now I know the values in the field in question are unique - I have only 3 records. But when I delete all the records from the table, I still get the above message. SL Are there other active connections? Have they committed all transactions? SL FB Indexes contain information for **all active

RE: [firebird-support] Unique Constraint

2014-01-20 Thread Alan McDonald
Now I know the values in the field in question are unique - I have only 3 records. But when I delete all the records from the table, I still get the above message. SL Are there other active connections? Have they committed all transactions? SL FB Indexes contain information for **all

Re: [firebird-support] Very very very slow FB 2.5.2 64bit performance on Windows 2008 R2

2014-01-20 Thread Robert martin

Re: [firebird-support] Very very very slow FB 2.5.2 64bit performance on Windows 2008 R2

2014-01-20 Thread Hugo Eyng
Hi. I am facing a similar situation. 32GB RAM Dell PowerEdge R420 Intel Xeon CPU E5-2609 two processors 2.40ghz 8 cores RAID Firebird 2.5.2 do not use the available resources of the server even I try to login to the server just one user. I am using SuperClassic I felt a little diference by

Re: [firebird-support] Very very very slow FB 2.5.2 64bit performance on Windows 2008 R2

2014-01-20 Thread Helen Borrie
At 02:01 p.m. 21/01/2014, Hugo Eyng wrote: As Firebird do not use available RAM I created a RAM DRIVE with 10GB and pointed parameter 'TempDirectories' (firebird.conf) to this RAM DRIVE, but FB just uses it rarely in very big 'SELECT'. OK, when FB uses the RAM DRIVE it increases a SELECT speed

Re: [firebird-support] Very very very slow FB 2.5.2 64bit performance on Windows 2008 R2

2014-01-20 Thread Hannes Streicher
Guten Tag Roland Turcan, a large Raid Stripe Set can be a real showstopper for Databases what are your settings for Database Page Size and for the Raid What Type of Raid 1,5,10 Size of the Stripe Set Hello guys, I found some info about problems with performance when FB is running on