> A commonly overlooked comparison for "always on" systems is to compare > what sorts of operations you can do to databases without needing to > restart the server or drop tables, lock out users etc. > We use Sybase Adaptive Server Anywhere 8 here and the thing that annoys me about it is exactly this. You can't modify any database objects (AFAICT) while there are other connections. I have to script things and schedule them to run in the middle of the night. There "Enterprise" product is apparently a completely different animal, so it is probably better. - Ian