This did display "force write" in the attributes section so it is turned on.

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Gabor Boros <gaborboros@...> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> You can examine the state of forced writes with gstat.
> In example: gstat YOURDATABASE -user SYSDBA -password masterkey -h
> If you see "force write" in Attributes section the forced writes
> switched on.
>
> I don't know about "TIBConnection ForcedWrites"
>
> Gabor
>
> gsndelphicoder írta:
> > Database File Name: CVIMan_111109.fdb
> >
> > Super Server
> >
> > In the TIBConnection ForcedWrites is set to dpbDefault.
>