> It's all a bit academic until Vlad or Ann eyeballs the problem in
> terms of the last encountered problem and the numbers...the one where
> the engine thought it had maxed out on record_ids...maybe it maxed
> out on something else that it doesn't know how to report on.

I doubt OIT\garbage\etc may have any relation with "pointer page vanished"
error. Of course i may not know something ;)

Anyway - firebird.log\gfix\IBFirstAid diagnostics may shed some light on
what happens.

Regars,
Vlad