>
> Hello Alan - thanks for the reply. It would be nice to blame the
> hardware
> but I don't think I can in all conscience. I will have to get hold of
> the
> next update script and see what its up to - maybe a clue there.
>
> Regards
> paul
>

the update scripts are all DDL, no direct system table manipulations. IBE
never does direct system table updates in these scripts.
Don't mix DML in with it. Do that separately in it's own script.
Alan