--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Adam" <s3057043@y...> wrote:

> George,
>
> Are you saying that IBO has a memory leak of some sort in its

connect

> routine? I don't use IBO, but I doubt this would be so. Perhaps you
> could post some sample code that causes this leak to the IBO list

and

> they will tell you if you are not freeing something.
>
> As far as your problem, as Helen suggested, by far the easiest and
> most reliable way to see if a connection exists is to connect and

see

> if it caused any exception. Of course you could use an indy client

to

> connect to port 3050 of the host machine for a similar test, but why
> use another library to do a job which won't be as thorough?
>
> Adam

At the risk of double-posting, I want to make the following clear: It
isn't IBO leaking. Windows apps hang onto memory used in opening a
socket. It is a well known problem. I was just too close to the
problem to put two and two together.

George Helmke