Bruce- In ISQL on the HP3k, try either TERMINATE USER or STOP DBE. regards, Kriss rant / HP Bruce Conrad ([log in to unmask]) wrote: : I have a developer here that has detailed the following problem: : While accessing the Image SQL database on the HP 3000/939 using = : PowerBuilder Pipes with an ODBC connection, intermittent data problems = : have caused the PowerBuilder software to crash in a way that breaks the = : connection but leaves a hidden process/connection active on the HP. After = : five or so crashes, I am no longer able to connect to the Image database = : through ODBC although there is no problem connecting to the HP using the = : Reflection software. : Currently, I do not know of a way to free up the ODBC connection other = : than taking the HP 3000/939 down and rebooting the machine. Would you be = : able to find out what other method I could use to solve this problem? : --- : The HP 3000 is MPE/iX C.5. The project involves (I believe) taking = : Image/SQL data through a Windows PC (Reflection/Powerbuilder) and then = : sending it to a DEC Alpha w/Sybase. : -Thanks, Bruce