--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Ann W. Harrison"
<aharrison@i...> wrote:

> Adam wrote:
>
> > Has anyone had the error message "unsuccessful metadata update

request

> > depth exceeded." I have had it twice (in my test environment, not

real

> > world) and was wondering what the likely culprit(s) are?
> >
>
> That would be some type of recursive definition, I think. You'll

have

> to pare down an example ddl file that causes the problem to

identify the

> actual cause. The error message for two many formats is different.
> This one indicates that the stack depth for a recursive request has

been

> exceeded.
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Ann

Thanks Ann,

That is what I suspected, but as there is no pattern to where it is
popping up (two very distinct parts of the application, in fact one
of them does not do any update or insert), I find it strange that it
is not repeatable if it is a stack depth issue. I should be able to
(I think) using the same database execute the same screens twice
doing the same thing and see the error message every time.

I will keep investigating.