At 10:52 AM 07-02-02 +0000, you wrote:

>This morning it was necessary for me to restore a Firebird database from
>last nights backup. All appeared to be OK and, having restored the
>database, I can access the data through IBConsole/ISQL and IBExpert.
>
>However, when I try to run a program written in Delphi 6, that has
>functioned perfectly up to this point, I get the following error
>message:
>
>ISC ERROR CODE: 335544528
>
>ISC ERROR MESSAGE:
>database \ibdata\systeam.gdb shutdown
>
>Can anyone tell me what this means, and how I get past it? The database
>must be up if I can access it through the other tools.

The server is running but this message means that the database is currently opened by either sysdba or the dbowner in exclusive access mode (as would have been done for you by the tool you used to restore the database). You need to perform a database shutdown as sysdba and then your client app will be able to connect.


regards,
Helen Borrie (TeamIBO Support)

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