At 08:44 AM 14/08/2006, you wrote:

>I am trying to shutdown my databse but continually get an error
>messaging saying that my switch combination is incorrect. Any of
>these three statments cause the same error.
>
>gfix -sh -f 100 mydatabase.....
>gfix -sh -f 0 mydatabase.....
>gfix -sh -f mydatabase.....
>
>This right out of page 841 of The Firebird Book.

Sorry, it's an erratum.

Use the switch -fo (or -force). Gfix has 2 switches starting with
"f". (The other is -full).

./heLen