I think you should use the same connection string,
IB got confused about different connection string
to the same DB...
Ciao!
Sincerely yours, Marco

--- In ib-support@y..., "sllflanagan" <sflanagan@u...> wrote:
> --- In ib-support@y..., "Jason Chapman (JAC2)" <jason@j...> wrote:
> > Does this corrupt the DB, why do you have to do a backup /
restore?
> >
> > What is you connection string to the database? What components
are
> you
> > using to get to the DB?
> >
>
> 1. It does not corrupt the DB but does cause hanging or phantom
> connections that cause the DB to grow and performance to decline.
> Since the DB is about 14MB that (usually) takes 2 min.
> 2. Connect string from RF PCs is
> \\ips-name\D:\Dir_name\DBNAME.GDB where ips-name is the DB server.
> Connect string on the server used by services is
> LOCALHOST:D:\Dir_name\DBNAME.GDB
> 3. Components (?) are using Delphi6 and the BDE ver 5.11.
> For more detail I can consult the vendor.
>
> Thank you for you help.
> -Steve Flanagan