At 08:10 PM 29/03/2003 +0000, you wrote:

>--- In ib-support@yahoogroups.com, Helen Borrie <helebor@t...> wrote:
> > To requote your original question:
> >
> > "Firebird logs the above error message once every second. How can I
> > find out why the sweep thread is unable to start?"
> >
> > At 09:11 AM 29/03/2003 +0000, you wrote:
> > > > Database? version? platform? Is the sweep start attempt being
> > >done
> > > > automatically/by schedule/manually? If manually - remotely or
> > >locally?
> > >
> > >Firebird
> > >1.02.908
> > >win32
> > >automatically
> >
> > Could it be that a sweep is already running? What do you have as
>the sweep
> > interval?
>
>
>The sweep interval is 20000.
>
>When the error occurs, new clients are unable to connect to the
>database, and there's 500+ "owner block" entries when running iblockpr
>
>Also, it takes forever to disconnect.

Which version of Windows?

heLen