On 24/11/16 16:30, Tedd Sperling wrote: > The “opt" does a lot of things including locking the db down. I might ask ... how long is the database out of action for ;) Firebird does not have a particularly strong presence in PHP circles being more common in the Delphi and BCB development platforms, but the nice thing is it's backup system which does not interrupt normal operations. All of my sites run an overnight backup cycle which starts with generating a backup of the database which gets copied to the storage area of the associated website, and the sites backup and other data then all get rsynced over the a backup site. All with the site remaining live ... -- Lester Caine - G8HFL ----------------------------- Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk Rainbow Digital Media - http://rainbowdigitalmedia.co.uk -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php