Disconnect the network cable of the machine with the crashed app.
After a while its fb process will terminate.

Mick

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Hope" <paulhope@...> wrote:
>
> After an application crash a FB1.5.3 database has a hung up process
which
> causes deadlocks, prevents validation, database file deletion,
replacememnt
> by restore etc. Shutting down and restarting the database does
nothing. I
> dont want to stop and start the service because of other working
databases
> on the server.
>
> Is there anything I can do to clear it?
>
> Regards
> Paul
>
>
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