> A few years ago we suffered Firebird corruption and got it fixed with
> the help of IB Surgeon. I was told at the time that dropping tables
> while other users were connected was the probable cause, and that this
> was a bug in FIrebird that had been around for a long time. I think this
> would be for Firebird 2.5.

What bug ? Is it registered at the tracker ? Do you have a test case ?

> Now I'm wondering if this is a bug that is known to have been fixed
> since then? In other words: Is it now (version 3.0.4) safe to drop
> tables when the database is in use by multiple users?

I physically can't answer if some unknown bug is fixed or not. There was a lot
of changes and refactorings during FB3 release circle. It is impossible to make
any kind of correct answer on such a question, sorry.


Regards,
Vlad