> i have now dbExpress driver with readonly transaction support
> and i need to know if readonly readcommited transactions stop garbage collector in Firebird or not. I read that in Interbase it not stop but how this look in FB?

The same. A read-only read committed transaction doesn't prevent OIT/OAT
from moving forward, although I can't recall in what Firebird version
this has been introduced. For sure, in Firebird 2 and possibly even in 1.5.


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