> Martijn, All,
>
> MT> I don't copy databases while in use :-)
>
> Neither do I. But I wouldn't expect a read operation to trash the
> source in any case.
> So has anyone else here ever managed to damage a live database by
> trying to copy it?
>
> Ciao
> --
> Nando Dessena
> http://www.flamerobin.org

I think Ann has and I think I have too. Not something I have tested over and
over to prove. I was under the impression that OS reads can/do lock sectors
as they read to ensure consistency in the read. It's a very short time but
it's possible the server is trying to write to this same sector.
Alan