> Hi there, four days ago I upgraded a database from FB 1.5 to 2.0. I
> recall that in version 1.5, exclusive access for tables was not
> required when creating new indexes. Now with 2.0 it seems the case, as
> I get an error when creating a new index for the TRACKING table:
>
> Unsuccessful execution caused by system error that does not preclude
> successful execution of subsequent statements.
> lock conflict on no wait transaction.
> unsuccessful metadata update.
> object TRACKING is in use.

You always need exclusive access to a table when creating an index.

Although there was a bug in 2.0 up to 2.0.3 which allowed to
create/activate an *expression* index while the table is in use. This
has been fixed in 2.0.4 and 2.1.


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