15.04.2019 18:23, myles@... [firebird-support] wrote:

> End users (and end user reporting applications, scripts, etc.) that connect to this
> database are often connected when I attempt to run these maintenance tasks, so I can never
> get the database to go to "offline" mode because of these connections.  I thought about
> scripting a server reboot, but that just scares me in terms of database integrity, etc.

You can use gfix to shutdown database to single-user maintenance mode which will
prevent other users from connecting (unless they connect as SYSDBA).


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WBR, SD.