Subject RE: [firebird-support] Re: 450 active transactions after database restore, is it normal?
Author Leyne, Sean
Dmitry,

> 02.07.2015 19:36, 'Leyne, Sean' wrote:
> >
> >>> Oldest transaction 1
> >>> Oldest active 2
> >>> Oldest snapshot 2
> >>> Next transaction 492
> >
> > Even it that switch was used, why would the transactions appear to active?
>
> They're not active, the header page is just out-of-date. Transaction counters
> are updated when some transaction is started. When nobody is connected,
> OAT does not make any sense.

Right!

Gstat like gfix do not use standard database transactions/operations for their functionality, so while they connect to the database, they do not always use transactions -- which would update the header page details.


Sean