06.03.2017 21:48, 'Neil Pickles' wrote: > One thing I don’t understand is why there would be over 744 million txns > on this file? Is a new txn started each time a connection to the > database is made?
Of course, the server needs to validate your login/password against the security database. > I find when it gets to this kind of size I see intermittent errors > ‘Unable to attach to password database’ from our applications and I > have found the only way to ‘fix’ that is to reinstall a clean version of > Firebird which resets the security2.fdb file back to 760K and everything > works again without errors. I had to do this today in this installation > for this very reason. I'd say the error is not expected, as I don't see any limits reached. But there could be something related but not so obvious, especially in old versions. firebird.log should contain a record about such failures, at least in FB 2.5. What does it say? > Is there something wrong with this or is this supposed to happen, should > security2.fdb be growing to over 190 Meg and beyond while containing > just a single record? This is expected. > Is there some kind of housekeeping that should be done to keep > security2.fdb in shape? Backup/restore? Dmitry ------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Visit http://www.firebirdsql.org and click the Documentation item on the main (top) menu. Try FAQ and other links from the left-side menu there. Also search the knowledgebases at http://www.ibphoenix.com/resources/documents/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ------------------------------------ Yahoo Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/firebird-support/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/firebird-support/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: firebird-support-dig...@yahoogroups.com firebird-support-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: firebird-support-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo Groups is subject to: https://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/
