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    rodeoboy is offline Novice
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    Backend locking peridically

    I have a 2003 database that has been split into a front end and backend. The front-end has been copied to all of the users computers and the backend has been saved to a network drive that everyone has full access to.



    We have been experiencing the database gets locked to where only on person can get in at one time. It always seemed to happen overnight so we were thinking it was tape backup doing. Once we restored back to the previous day it was fine. We have been running fine for a week or 2 and now it locked during the day.

    I had everyone exit and still only one person at time can get in. I dont want to restore back to the previous day cause there was a lot of inputting done today.

    Any ideas why this could be happening and how do I resolve it without restoring back to the previous day?

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    What are the specific error messages that the second user gets?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dal Jeanis View Post
    What are the specific error messages that the second user gets?
    Could not use '\\servername\Database_BE\databasename; file already in use.

    Sincerely,
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    From http://support.microsoft.com/kb/289681

    If a user opens a database and doesn't have create rights for the folder in which the database is located, the Microsoft Jet database engine can't create the locking information file (*.ldb in Access 2003 and in earlier versions of Access and *.laccdb in Access 2007) that is necessary for multiple users to open the database. Therefore, a user who doesn't have create rights opens the database exclusively if a corresponding .ldb file or .laccdb file does not already exist.
    So, check everybody's create rights to the folder the BE database is on.

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    rodeoboy is offline Novice
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    Checked everyones rights and they all have full rights to the database.

    Rodeoboy

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    If you change the folder settings, you can view hidden files and their extensions.

    When a 2003 .mdb file is opened another file is created. The .ldb file represents the users who are connected.

    Sometimes, this file remains behind if a .mdb file is closed unexpectedly.

    I would suggest logging everyone off and seeing if this .ldb file or the newer version equivalent is still there. It should disappear when everyone is logged off. If it is there, create a folder next to it and move it into the folder.

    You can practice with a DB copy in your mydocuments folder to see how it behaves.
    It has been a while since I have had that symptom but it sounds vaguely familiar.

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    I would think you have the Access DB configured correctly, but check the 'Default Open Mode' to see if it's Shared or Exclusive (just to see if something is changing it).

    I rarely restore a database from tape. I work with mine so much, I usually have kept a copy in a backup folder. And of course, my development is in a development copy on another drive. When there is a network problem or data corruption, I can go back to the most recent good copy, and import tables from the current production copy to replace old data with current data.

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    Another thought... you might try De-compiling the Access database, close, and then open in normal mode, and go into design mode on some form, then to the code module, and compile. This whole process removes all VB code, and the recompile places back good code. I've had this fix a number of similar problems and users then can all get back in.

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    Quote Originally Posted by KathyL View Post
    I would think you have the Access DB configured correctly, but check the 'Default Open Mode' to see if it's Shared or Exclusive (just to see if something is changing it).
    I was thinking that too but thought the message to the user says the db is "locked". I really don't remember.

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    Thanks for all of the replies back. We decided to leave the database closed for the whole night and this morning all is good again. This leads me to looking at the Novell OES 11 software now. My guess is that for some reason it had the database locked. I will check the other ideas all of you presented as well. I'll post back when I find the culprit.

    Sincerely,
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    rodeoboy is offline Novice
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    The Novell forum replied to the question and posted that I needed to turn off Oplocks on the server and File Cache on each of the Workstations. So far so good.

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