Hello Alan,

Thanks for your reply.

Alan wrote:

>I don't see why this is an error. You are blocked from dropping the db if you are connected elsewhere.
>The first connection is SYSDBA so it is not going to get booted off.
>
>

But the connection in ISQL is lost at the time I shutdown the database
in the second command prompt. I thought this is what the force option of
gfix is all about? It seems I am wrong. How would you make sure that a
backup is created after every connection has been closed/killed and
no-one can connect any more, Alan?

Salut,
Mathias