> Assuming you are refering to the database file being locked.
>
> Have you tried stopping/starting the IB/FB server, instead of rebooting?

No the comment was:-

> This would only happen on Win9x/Me machines; I don't think it's possible
> with WinNT/2K to keep a file handle allocated by a dead process.

That is it was suggested that W2k does not hold files locked after a process
crashes.
I would suggest that W2k is just as likely to have files unavailable after a
crash as Win9x. IB6 AT PRESENT drops the file quite happily at a crash -
Builder5 which locks the files leaves them locked after a crash, and only a
re-boot will free them. Exclusive access to the GDB may be more of a problem
than the current arrangement.

If exclusive locking is added to Firebird - I will not be up-issuing !!!!

Please make sure changes are not backwards steps. The current setup of IB6
works nicely what ever Windows throws at it. Where as no 5.x version ever
did.

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