Re: [Firebird-devel] File not closed after shutdown?

[Nando D. <na...@de...>]

Dmitry,

>> 1) Shuts down database A (gfix -shut full -force 0) in order to
>> disconnect any unknown applications that might be connected.

D> Database shutdown does not disconnect any users. It just releases active
D> locks they hold in order to allow other users (e.g. metadata upgrade 
D> script) to not step on their toes. However, the database file is still
D> owned by the server process and all the attachments are kept connected.
D> They may (or may not) disconnect once they perform some operation and 
D> get the isc_shutdown error, but this is up to the application (or 
D> connectivity library). This is by design and hasn't been changed yet 
D> (although v2.1 Classic handles this issue better).

thanks for the clarification. How would I go about replacing a live
database then?

Ciao
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Nando Dessena