Interesting, but this doesn't explain why Firebird stays failed
(accepts new connections, but raises Pipe Server errors whenever an
operation is attempted).

As for rebooting every month, that isn't feasible with the data
aquisition our machines are doing. Is there any other way around
this problem?


Regards,


Bill Morrison

> This is (not so) well known issue with Win9x/NT. AFAIR, it has

something

> to do with sequencing of IP packets, and at critical moment one

packet

> gets lower number than previous, so system concludes that

connection is

> dropped. Firebird is not the only application that can suffer from

it.

> AFAIK, the solution is to either use other OS, or to restart the
> computer periodically (once per month should do it).
>
> HTH
>
> --
> Milan Babuskov
> http://fbexport.sourceforge.net