Hi Martin,

> Thanks for the thoughts, but there is only one gdb file that we work on,
> datapumping etc is not used at any of my sites. They only use the
> applications I write which all interact with that one database and also
> possibly the odd use of SQL Explorer for our own upgrading purposes
> every once in a while.

Ok, then my "transaction in limbo" idea is out of the race. ;-)

Good luck,
Thomas