Re: [firebird-support] Encryption on FB3

2016-10-04 Thread Christian Gütter n...@guetter.org [firebird-support]
Hi there, Paul Beach wrote: >> IBPhoenix have a working plugin thats available for use. >> http://www.ibphoenix.com/products/software/encryptionplugin Elton Amorim wrote: > Except for ibphoenix, nobody knows that. Everybody who is able to use Google can know about that. Just type "encryption p

Re: [firebird-support] Page is of wrong type (expected 5, found 0)

2016-01-24 Thread Christian Gütter n...@guetter.org [firebird-support]

Re: [firebird-support] Firebird Download Malware

2016-01-03 Thread Christian Gütter n...@guetter.org [firebird-support]
Hi, > I downloaded FB 2.5.5 from firebirdsql and my Microsoft Essentials > detected it as a malware. I am facing the same problem. The following file is affected: http://sourceforge.net/projects/firebird/files/firebird-win64/2.5.5-Release/Firebird-2.5.5.26952_0_x64.exe/download This seems to be

Re: [firebird-support] Is it save to append some data at end of the binary firebird database file?

2015-12-03 Thread Christian Gütter n...@guetter.org [firebird-support]
Mark Rotteveel wrote: > On Windows, all files can have alternative streams with additional > data. It is a form of hidden metadata that is attached to the main filename. True, but the alternate data streams get lost when the file is stored on a non-NTFS drive, sent via FTP/E-Mail etc. So dependi

Re: [firebird-support] Is it save to append some data at end of the binary firebird database file?

2015-12-03 Thread Christian Gütter n...@guetter.org [firebird-support]
Tim Ward wrote: > In Windows this is not an abuse, executable files have > provision for version metadata ("resource") and you're supposed > to use it properly. Pity this doesn't apply portably to all file types, > innit. True, but if you just append the info to the exe file, it is an a

Re: [firebird-support] Is it save to append some data at end of the binary firebird database file?

2015-12-03 Thread Christian Gütter n...@guetter.org [firebird-support]
Hi, > I figured out it is possible to simply append manually some ascii > data at the end of the db file (see picture attached). This would be > my preferred solution. It seems to work (I can still read and write > to the database and even manipulate the database structure). But > maybe this is on

Re: [firebird-support] Securing database against corruption on systems that suddenly get turned off

2015-09-21 Thread Christian Gütter n...@guetter.org [firebird-support]
Hey, >> you should at least turn on forced writes so that changes are >> written to the disk immediately (just in case you have not already done >> that). > Where do I find that setting? If you do not know where to find the setting, forced writes are probably on, as this is the default

Re: [firebird-support] Securing database against corruption on systems that suddenly get turned off

2015-09-21 Thread Christian Gütter n...@guetter.org [firebird-support]
Hi, > We have FirebirdSQL (2.1) running on a client computer (Windows). > This client has some problems with his power grid which causes the > PC to suddenly and unexpectedly shut down in infrequent intervals > (usually once or twice per day). Most of the time this doesn’t > cause any problems,

Re: Odp: [firebird-support] FB server installation a nd concurrent users limits on Windows Server

2014-11-05 Thread Christian Gütter n...@guetter.org [firebird-support]
Hi there, > Hi do you use it also on a windows server system with an active WINDOWS > DOMAIN CONTROLLER ? I used to run Firebird 1.5 databases on domain controllers, and it worked fine. The databases did not reside on the same disk as the active directory database though. Issues with Windows do

Re: [firebird-support] Retrieving relation and field info from system tables

2013-12-09 Thread Christian Gütter
Hi there, nobody replied to the questions I asked about the Firebird system tables some days ago. Maybe they were a bit too lengthy and specific. I am wondering if anybody could point me to some documentation regarding the Firebird system tables instead, as I could not find any. Kind regar

[firebird-support] Retrieving relation and field info from system tables

2013-12-04 Thread Christian Gütter
Hi there, I would like to retrieve the following information from the system tables of a Firebird 2.5 database: - all table names (excluding views and system tables) - all fields of the above-mentioned tables - the length and type of the above-mentioned fields - in case a field is a BLOB, I