Did you cycle the server after setting forced writes? I'm pretty sure that's required.

--- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com, "sboydlns" <sboydlns@...> wrote:
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> I have been having database corruption problems with a Firebird 2.0.5 database on Windows 2008 32-bit. I checked the forced writes setting and forced writes were disabled. I says to myself I says, AHA this is the problem. So I use gfix to enabled forced writes. I check that there were enabled using gstat. Everything looks good. If I wait a couple of seconds and check using gstat again, forced writes are once more disabled.
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> That the heck is going on? We certainly don't have any processes that are disabling forced writes.
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