--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Thomas Steinmaurer"
<ts@i...> wrote:

> > Yes, I commit the inserts regularly.
> > How can I set "forced writes = ON" on database level ?
>
> Use gfix in combination with the -w switch, whereas
>
> sync = FORCED WRITES ON
> async = FORCED WRITES OFF
>
> For example:
>
> gfix –w sync –user SYSDBA –password masterkey <your_database_path>
>
>
> To check whether forced writes is on or off, check the database
> header page by using gstat -h.
>
> For example:
>
> gstat –h –user SYSDBA –password masterkey <your_database_path>
>
>
> If there is a line
>
> Attributes force write
>
>
> in the output stream, then forced writes is ON, otherwise it's OFF.
>
>
>
> HTH,
> Thomas

If I check the database with gstat the line Attributes force write is
there, but still the size of the database file doesn't increase
during the Java application runs.

Any other ideas ??