Hi heLen,

had filter out all the error message from firebird.log.. could it
be based on the "99 active connection"??? any advice is greatly
appreciated..

regards
Shawn

local (Client) Tue Jul 19 14:53:20 2005
Error opening Windows NT Event Log

local (Client) Tue Jul 19 14:53:20 2005
C:\Program Files\Firebird\Firebird_1_5\bin\fbserver.exe:
terminated abnormally (4294967295)


local (Client) Tue Jul 19 14:53:20 2005
Error opening Windows NT Event Log

local (Client) Tue Jul 19 14:53:20 2005
C:\Program Files\Firebird\Firebird_1_5\bin\fbserver.exe :
The guardian was unable to launch the server thread. errno : 1115

local (Client) Tue Jul 19 14:53:20 2005
SC manager error 1115


UNI3 (Client) Tue Aug 02 13:32:39 2005
Control services error 1061

UNI3 (Server) Tue Aug 02 13:32:40 2005
Shutting down the Firebird service with 99 active connection
(s) to 1 database(s)

UNI3 (Server) Tue Aug 02 13:32:40 2005
The database C:\PROGRAM FILES\FIREBIRD\FIREBIRD_1_5
\DATA\UNI3DB.FDB was being accessed when the server was shutdown

UNI3 (Client) Tue Aug 02 13:34:01 2005
Control services error 1061

UNI3 (Client) Tue Aug 02 13:34:03 2005
Guardian starting: C:\Program Files\Firebird\Firebird_1_5
\bin\fbserver.exe


UNI3 (Server) Tue Aug 02 13:37:53 2005
Shutting down the Firebird service with 4 active connection
(s) to 1 database(s)

UNI3 (Server) Tue Aug 02 13:37:53 2005
The database C:\PROGRAM FILES\FIREBIRD\FIREBIRD_1_5
\DATA\UNI3DB.FDB was being accessed when the server was shutdown

UNI3 (Client) Tue Aug 02 13:37:53 2005
C:\Program Files\Firebird\Firebird_1_5\bin\fbserver.exe:
normal shutdown


--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Helen Borrie <helebor@t...>
wrote:

> At 09:28 AM 26/08/2005 +0000, you wrote:
> >hi,
> >I'm using Firebird 1.5 with ASP.NET. However, i often
> >encountered "Timeout Error" after say about 2-4 hours. after

reviewing

> >the logs, i found the log as stated below.. Any expert out there

can

> >assist me in this? any help is appreciated.
> >
> >regards
> >Shawn
> >
> >The description for Event ID ( 251 ) in Source (
> >FirebirdGuardianDefaultInstance ) cannot be found. The local

computer

> >may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL

files

> >to display messages from a remote computer. You may be able to use
> >the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and
> >Support for details. The following information is part of the

event:

> >Server Started: Guardian starting: C:\Program
> >Files\Firebird\Firebird_1_5\bin\fbserver.exe 384 402653184 1024
> >1073741___.
>
> This message doesn't matter. It's a Windows schoolmarm message

that would

> occur on earlier releases at service start because the installed

service

> entry was missing some kind of optional description field. It got

added at

> 1.5.1 or 1.5.2, so we haven't seen this complaint for a while. :-)
>
> What you need to look at is the firebird.log, which is located in

your

> Firebird root directory. The server or the Guardian will log any

WNET or

> INET errors it receives. This will provide some leads as to what

might be

> occurring on the network, between the server and the offending

client, to

> cause a timeout.
>
> ./heLen