At 03:06 PM 14/02/2005 +0200, you wrote:

>What can couse these errors? and this one too:
>
> INET/inet_error: select in packet_receive errno = 9
>
>btw, my firewall doesn't block any ports..

If it did block the Firebird service port, you wouldn't be able to connect
at all.

You didn't answer this question:

>> Do you have the database file on a mounted filesystem (Windows: share

or mapped drive) ?

It would also help to mention
--- the OS platform
-- the server model (Classic/Superserver)
-- where the clients are located
-- what is the connection string being used by the clients
-- if clients are on Linux, which client library they are using
-- whether the host machine is also hosting a terminal server.
-- whether any client queries are calling UDFs and, if so, where the UDFs
came from

./hb