Hi:

Thanks much. I will search in the docs for shutdown of course you mean IB &
Firebird.

> IB/Firebird has a database shutdown function, which prevents all users
> except for SYSDBA from connecting to the database. This does not
> shutdown the database engine - thus allowing for Backup and other
> maintenance operations to take place without any user activity taking
> place.
>
> This was the "shutdown' that Jason was referring to.

Best regards