Just for the records, I finally decided to re-install IBO6 over the
previous install.

Strangely, when I tried to connect right after the reinstall, it
worked, and, more interesting, kept all the user list intact.

I could connect with both the sysdba and previously created users with
no problems at all. Dont ask me why...

Spou

--- In IBObjects@y..., hans@h... wrote:
> I understand that ISC4.GDB is a regular IB6 file, holding all the
> users annd securities and can be backed up or copied along with
> all your other .gdb files to a safe place. Can't reach
> www.interbase2000.org right now, which I believed had a very
> nice discussion about the ISC4.GDB and how to improve on it under
> a title something like 'The Really Useful Pgae'
>
> ==============================
>
>
> spou@s... wrote:
> >
> > This is the error message I'm receiving right now.
> >
> > Not very funny, I can tell you.
> >
> > This seems to have happen after a power failure. I wasnt home for
the
> > weekwend, and when I came back, the PC was resetted. When I tried
to
> > connect to my work in progress, I received that error.
> >
> > At the time, I'm pretty sure that there was no one connected to my
> > development database, the server was just running in the tray at
idle.
> >
> > >From what I gathered, it seems that the only way to get it back
is to
> > reinstall IB6 and get the original ISC4.GDB, and create the users
> > again.
> >
> > So, the questions are:
> > -is there any other way ?
> >
> > -do I have to expect that kind of problem often in the future ?
> >
> > TIA,
> > Spou
> >
> >
> >
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