> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Ann W. Harrison [mailto:aharrison@...]
> Gesendet: Donnerstag, 21. März 2002 16:36
> An: ib-support@yahoogroups.com
> Betreff: Re: AW: [ib-support] Problems with gbak
>
>
> At 08:59 AM 3/21/2002 +0100, Henner Kollmann wrote:
> >Found another solution: If i use gbak -GARBAGE_COLLECT everything
> >works, i can backup the database. OK, some words of the data history:
> >
> >1. Inserts 2.500.000 records into the table
> >2. Delete this 2.500.000 records
> >3. Insert 4.500.000 record again
> >
> >After this i want to backup and restore the database to make
> a garbage
> >collection. So the using gbak -g is ok in this case. But why do the
> >engine hang while making an garbage collection in the database?
>
> In the process of garbage collecting, it's looking at an old
> record version that uses an out-of-date format that was
> corrupted in some way.
>

Is that the reason while the engine hangs?

Regards,
Henner