At 03:02 PM 1/16/2004, hugh_borst wrote:

> We have closely examined the
>interaction between the client and the database and have found that
>when the database slows down, the Next Transaction ID value and the
>Oldest Active & Interesting Transaction values are highly divergent,
>perhaps as far off as 750,000 or more.

>Once all clients have disconnected (including IBConsole)

The firebird project abandoned IBConsole as unworkable, unreliable,
and horribly unaesthetic. It might be the source of your problem.

Good luck,

Ann