Re: [Firebird-devel] FB 2.1: NBackup exclusive lock in monitoring tables?

[Thomas S. <ts...@ib...>]

Hi Roman,

>> there is some shutdown information available in MON$DATABASE, but I 
>> couldn't find anything in the monitoring tables if there has been an 
>> exclusive lock set by NBackup on the database.
>>
>> Would this be an additional useful information in MON$DATABASE?
>>
>> Btw, excellent work with the monitoring tables! ;-)
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Thomas
>>   
> NBackup don't set exclusive lock on database. It locks backup state. One 
> can add field to MON$DATABASE with nbackup state:
> normal, backup or merge.

Ah, yes, sorry. With exclusive lock I meant the database to be in a safe 
state to take a file copy, creating a zip file, ... That's the reason 
why the NBackup state would be useful in the monitoring tables.


Regards,
Thomas