Hi Tom,

> We rather use our own firebird user, we block SYSDBA by role named
> SYSDBA, a we count how many users are connected to database. It's
> effective and the only problem starts, when some client PC fails and
> the server keep connection for some 5, 10 or 15 minutes.
> But this is not a serious problem.

The problem with this approach is that things like backups and other DB
utilities (such as a batch reporting system, separate "view only" tool that
you provide, server info/maintenance tool) also use connections which may
give a false impression of the number of active users.

Regards,
Jarrod Hollingworth

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