Validating Your Database

The Firebird database software includes a feature for checking that the database is not damaged. This does not in any way check whether you have entered correct data. It is rather checking for the sort of damage to files that can happen if your turn off your computer while the program is in the middle of updating the database. (Obviously, I would strongly advise against doing that!)

To do this check, just run Database à Validate. When it is done, it will give a message such as "No errors reported" if there were no problems found, and will display the errors if there are problems found. If any errors are found, please email the displayed errors to technical support for assistance.

There is probably no reason to run this option unless something very strange is happening. In that case, the program may not even start successfully, in which case you will not be able to run this option from the menu anyway! In that case, contact me for technical support.

Validating for users of the Network Version

Only a user on the computer that has the Network Server version installed on it can validate the database. Users of the Network Client version will receive a message explaining that they cannot do the validation.