> Hello,
>
> Running FB1.5 as a service and a threaded application on same computer

using

> Tcp/ip
> to localhost:drive:\path\fb.gdb causes the main thread to freeze a couple

of

> times a day.
>
> Replacing FbClient.dll by FbEmbed dll in path of application and using

just

> drive:\path\fb.gdb
> resolved this problem and application now running for days. But now only

one

> application
> can use the database, since the local FbEmbed/Alias FbClient locks the
> database.
>
> Any ideas ?

Not absolutely sure, but, I've had better luck making sure that each thread
has it's own database connection. Don't know if this is fixed for later
versions of IB/FB.

Woody (TMW)