[DUG] who still uses .gdb files?

[Rohit Gupta]

Richard,

I knew about the slowness of the gdb extension on the XP, but did not know 
the cause.

All my apps support whatever extension you want.  None of our users have 
the databas eon the XP, so its never been an issue for them.  I had a quick 
look at IBVIEW, but I cant spot it except for the browse button for 
Registering a Database.  I can remove gdb but then there is no default 
extension.  Maybe I can use gdb, fdb and idb.  Where else does it default to 
gdb ?  

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I agree :-)

All my databases are called .ib - and all the ones created by IB are .ib by 
default from 7.0 onwards. I have just noticed that some utilities (e.g. Rohits 
one?) that .gdb is the standard suffix.

Richard

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From: delphi-bounces at ns3.123.co.nz [mailto:delphi-
bounces at ns3.123.co.nz] On Behalf Of Kyley Harris
Sent: Monday, 19 June 2006 2:07 p.m.
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Subject: RE: [DUG] who still uses .gdb files?


Well, that´s old news and really odd fix. Not using gdb is really a much 
easier fix. Interbase doesn´t care what the file is called. Just name it idb for 
interbase database and there is no problem at all



From: delphi-bounces at ns3.123.co.nz [mailto:delphi-
bounces at ns3.123.co.nz] On Behalf Of Richard Vowles
Sent: Monday, 19 June 2006 1:33 p.m.
To: NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List
Subject: [DUG] who still uses .gdb files?


Came across this:
Performance issue with Windows ME/XP
This issue was raised during the release of InterBase 7.0. If you have 
renamed your databases to have an extension other than ".gdb" or if 
none of your databases are on Windows platforms, you can ignore 
this section.
Microsoft has implemented a backup and restore utility called System 
Restore. This utility automatically backs up files that have certain 
extensions whenever they are touched. The old default InterBase file 
extension 'GDB' is on this list, which means that databases that have 
names ending in ".gdb" get backed up extremely frequently when they 
are in use. This is causing performance problems on Windows ME 
and XP systems.
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Regards

Rohit

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