At 09:34 AM 19-11-01 +0100, Nando wrote:

>I can confirm that the problem goes away if forced writes are turned
>off.
>Geoff, have you got forced writes off in your workstation by chance?
>
> > I have to copy back ibserver.exe (FB 1.0... Beta2),
> > disable Forced Writes, then copy back ibserver.exe (FB 1.0 RC1).
>
>I am able to disable forced writes with gfix. No other version of
>ibserver is needed.

Aaah, you are onto something here, Nando. I believe at present it is NOT possible to run gfix on a database that has been opened - this situation is *caused* by the exclusive access change.

Now, it could be that Jason is calling gfix in the connection code, to set Forced Writes on.

Helen


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