RE: [Firebird-docs] Old config parameters

[Dmitry Y. <di...@us...>]

Helen,

> A couple of the Windows parameters in the old ibconfig file
> don't have equivalents in firebird.conf.
>
> server_working_size_max
> Versions prior to Firebird 1.5
> Threshold above which the OS is requested to swap out all
> memory. Relevant on Windows NT/2000/XP only. Default is
> system-determined.
>
> server_working_size_min
> Versions prior to Firebird 1.5
> Threshold below which the OS is requested not to swap out
> memory. Relevant on Windows NT/2000/XP only. Default is
> system-determined.
>
> Will these still work if used in firebird.conf?

In fact, they didn't work even in FB1 ;-)

They exist in both the IB/FB1 documentation and the config manager, but
actually they are never used in the code, so I removed them from the FB2
codebase.

> As a general statement, if someone includes any parameter
> using its old name, will it be recognised?  If yes, would it
> work the way it did before or would it work the way the
> renamed parameter works?

No, it won't be recognized.


Dmitry