Re: Error message connecting to database xa_start (40000)
returns -7

Joe,

Thanks for the help.  We found out that the problem was an orphaned transaction
in MSDTC and it was blocking other processes.  This blog helped us figure out
and kill the orphaned process:

http://robkraft.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!E6687F3AB6372637!161.entry

Thanks,