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Article #61Re: IBReplicator Generated key values and Gbak issues
From: Sergio H.
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 17:21
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 17:21
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That's why I warned about the potential misunderstanding of the word "FireBird" : ( I've already seen your strong denials to every post with that word. : � ( "Bill Todd" <no@no.com> escribi� en el mensaje news:416d61b2@newsgroups.borland.com... > You need to contact IBPhoenix about that. This group is for the > IBReplicator that ships with InterBase, not the Firebird variant. > > -- > Bill (TeamB) > TeamB cannot answer questions received via email > > Sergio H. wrote: > > > <I wanted to post here this message (rejected in some other > > newsgroup)... if someone reading this would be so nice of assuming > > that the word "FireBird" is "InterBase 6" or any similar.> > > > > Greetings, > > > > We've installed IBReplicator 1.5.5.0 in order to keep two FireBird > > 1.5.0.4306 databases up to date. The first one, which will be the > > "source", under Windows 2003 Small Business Server. The second one, > > that will be the "target", under SlackWare 9.1.0 kernel 2.4.22. > > > > 1.) Just after I installed the Replication Server on the Windows > > server and defined the configuration, I wanted to backup that > > database and restore it on the Linux server. When restoring, it > > always says : > > > > gbak: ERROR: unsuccessful metadata update > > gbak: ERROR: object XXX is in use > > gbak: ERROR: action cancelled by trigger (3) to preserve data > > integrity gbak: ERROR: Cannot deactivate primary index > > gbak: Exiting before completion due to errors > > > > Where XXX is the name of a table, different in each restoring attempt. > > > > So, I thought it has to be with the "Replication Server's System > > Objects", and using the Replication Manager I removed them from the > > Source database. Nothing changed when trying to restore it, the > > error continued there. > > > > Then, I looked for traces of REPL in the database and run : > > > > DROP GENERATOR REPL_GENERATOR; > > DROP TABLE REPL_LOG; > > DROP TABLE REPL_SEPARATOR; > > DROP TABLE MANUAL_LOG; > > > > Again, nothing changed when trying to restore it, the error continued > > there. > > > > 2.) When this replication schema is working, and I look to the > > Replication Server Monitor, I notice the error count grow > > exponentially. > > > > The first thing I did, was to check the Manual Conflict resolution > > dialog and found that the server had problems with some primary keys. > > Almost 99% of the tables use a primary key, which (integer) value is > > generated by a "before insert" trigger calling a generator to > > increment its value by 1. Being that so, new records in the "source" > > database will have sequential key values (i.e. 1001, 1002, 1003, > > ...), but in the "target" the expected key values go in a strange > > sequence (i.e. 1001, 1005, 1008, ...). > > > > Does anyone know about this issues using IBReplicator ?, and how to > > get rid off them ? I'd appreciate any help. > > > > Regards, > > > > Sergio H. Guerrero R.
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