Actually, I think I might have found the problem. I have a function in a UDF that returns the number of free pages in the database. It was opening the DB files but not closing them. I have fixed the UDF but I won't know if the problem is fixed until we get a chance to reboot.

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, Milan Babuskov <milanb@...> wrote:
>
> sboydlns wrote:
> > Any ideas what might be causing Firebird to retain the file handles for database connections that are no longer open?
>
> Antivirus software?
>
> --
> Milan Babuskov
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