no not norton - it's a native XP protection which backs up files of
extension .gdb when they are first accessed.

Alan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ra8009 [mailto:ra8009@...]
> Sent: Thursday, 4 September 2003 4:11 PM
> To: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [firebird-support] Re: (Att. Alan McDonald) Firebird DB slow on
> 1st transaction.
>
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> Yes, I've placed *.GDB and *.FDB in the "exclusions" section of Norton
> 2003 AutoProtect. Is this what you were referring to? Unfortnetly I
> still have the problem. Any other thoughts on what it might be?
>
> --- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Alan McDonald <alan@m...> wrote:
> > >
> > > I too have the same problem. It's almost exactly as Marcus described
> > > it a few messages back. My first load times can be 3 minutes +,
> > > subsequent load times may be 1 second! I've seen this with several
> > > databases, all are between 30-60 MB in size on Firebird 1 and 1.5. I
> > > have 1 GB of RAM, and am running Windows XP. If it's relevant, I'm
> > > using Norton 2003.
> > >
> >
> > XP eh - are you sure you have diabled auto protect on files of type
> GDB??
> > Alan
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