Disconnecting Data Sources for Upload?

2001-12-10 Thread John McKown
Customer has Access database that he uploads to CF Server via FTP. Access database is a datasource for his site. When site is being viewed, he cannot upload a newer copy of the database because the file is locked. Any creative solutions besides disconnect the datasource? John McKown, President

Re: Disconnecting Data Sources for Upload?

2001-12-10 Thread Chuck Rodgers
Hi, You can break the lock by running a query on the datasource that causes an error select * from x (in this case x stands for a table that does not exist). This should break the lock and allow the uploading of the db. Chuck Rodgers At 03:36 PM 12/10/01 -0500, you wrote: Customer has

Re: Disconnecting Data Sources for Upload?

2001-12-10 Thread BEN MORRIS
Have two datasources databases. Have person upload datasource 2 while the site uses datasource 1. Do a query of datasource 2, loop through it and update datasource 1. Maybe have a scheduled task do this at a time that would be least disruptive. There are probably better ways to do this,

RE: Disconnecting Data Sources for Upload?

2001-12-10 Thread John McKown
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 3:33 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Disconnecting Data Sources for Upload? Have two datasources databases. Have person upload datasource 2 while the site uses datasource 1. Do a query of datasource 2, loop through it and update datasource 1

Re: Disconnecting Data Sources for Upload?

2001-12-10 Thread Bryan Stevenson
: John McKown [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Talk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 12:36 PM Subject: Disconnecting Data Sources for Upload? Customer has Access database that he uploads to CF Server via FTP. Access database is a datasource for his site. When site is being viewed, he

RE: Disconnecting Data Sources for Upload?

2001-12-10 Thread Ben Forta
. --- Ben -Original Message- From: Bryan Stevenson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 4:13 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Disconnecting Data Sources for Upload? This is a bit of a bubblegum solution, but you can have your client run a lock killing query just prior

Re: Disconnecting Data Sources for Upload?

2001-12-10 Thread Jon Hall
, December 10, 2001 3:36 PM Subject: Disconnecting Data Sources for Upload? Customer has Access database that he uploads to CF Server via FTP. Access database is a datasource for his site. When site is being viewed, he cannot upload a newer copy of the database because the file is locked. Any

RE: Disconnecting Data Sources for Upload?

2001-12-10 Thread Michael Haggerty
to, or will I have to launch a fake query? Mike :^) -Original Message- From: Ben Forta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 4:16 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Disconnecting Data Sources for Upload? Actually, the real solution is to not use shared file base

RE: Disconnecting Data Sources for Upload?

2001-12-10 Thread John McKown
. --- Ben -Original Message- From: Bryan Stevenson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 10, 2001 4:13 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Disconnecting Data Sources for Upload? This is a bit of a bubblegum solution, but you can have your client run a lock killing query just prior

RE: Disconnecting Data Sources for Upload?

2001-12-10 Thread John McKown
: Monday, December 10, 2001 4:38 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Disconnecting Data Sources for Upload? If I remember correctly the bad query solution was a bug, and stopped working in 4.5. I do remember it not working in 4.5 for me... In versions 4.5+ there is a specific function for this. From the 4.5

RE: Disconnecting Data Sources for Upload?

2001-12-10 Thread Eric Dawson
] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Talk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Disconnecting Data Sources for Upload? Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 15:57:44 -0500 Ben, That sounds like a good solution. Thanks. John McKown, President Delaware.Net, Inc. 28 Old Rudnick Lane Dover, DE 19901 e-mail: [EMAIL