How do I fix a corrupted Firebird database?

How to repair a corrupt Firebird database?

  1. Stop Firebird server.
  2. Make a copy of Firebird database.
  3. Start Firebird server and run the following commands:
  4. If backup completed successfully, restore database:
  5. If gbak fails, download FirstAID Diagnostician, install it and run Diagnose on original corrupted database.

Does Firebird use SQL?

Firebird is an open-source SQL relational database management system that “runs on Linux, Microsoft Windows, macOS and several Unix platforms”. The database forked from Borland’s open source edition of InterBase in 2000 but the code has been largely rewritten since Firebird 1.5.

How do I backup my Firebird database?

On a shared server, you have several options for making backups:

  1. Use a file-backup tool that supports Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy. This will take a snapshot of your database.
  2. Use gbak.exe to make a copy of the database while it is in use, into a backup file. Then, make a backup of that.

What is GBAK?

GBAK is Firebird’s command line tool for online backup and restore of a complete database. GBAK is able to perform a backup while the database is running. There is no need to shut down the database during a GBAK backup. GBAK will create a consistent snapshot of the database at the time it starts running.

How do I corrupt a SQL file?

How to Corrupt a Data Page

  1. Step 1 – Create a sample database. USE master. GO.
  2. Step 2 – Identify a Page to Corrupt. There are a couple of ways to identify a specific page to corrupt.
  3. Step 3 – Corrupt the Page. Now all that remains for us to do is to use the DBCC WRITEPAGE command to bork our target page:

Can I uninstall Firebird SQL Server?

You can uninstall Firebird SQL Server – MAGIX Edition from your computer by using the Add/Remove Program feature in the Window’s Control Panel.