At 06:11 AM 6/10/2003 +0000, you wrote:

>I have a little console app that makes a connection, runs a simple
>select query, then outputs the result.
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>About every fourth time, it takes 7-10 seconds to connect.
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>I am using TIB_Connection, TIB_Transaction, and TIB_Query on an XP box
>(Pentium M) with a Firebird database.
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>Note: The same code runs GREAT on Kylix.
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>What could be causing this?

It sounds like the XP SystemRestore problem. Is your database suffix ".gdb"?

Helen