> Hi
> I'm using firebird 1.5 on solaris on intel.
> My application use among other things,sampling tables in which data is
> inserted and deleted from all the time.
> When my database file becomes large(say 320M) all the transactions are
> slower.
> If I backup and restore the database, the file becomes much smaller(say
> 5M) and the transactions are fast again.
> I can not backup and restore the database on a regullar basis since my
> server needs to be online all the time.
> Any suggestions ?
>

do you perform a regular sweep during low activity periods?
Alan