> > But the environment isn't connected. > > It sure is: when I am in MY C program, I can create an ODBC connection > to a datasource, and keep that connection open as long as the program > is running. And a CFX dll can be kept running in memory as long as the > CF server itself is running. From that connection, I can control locks, > unlocks, who locked, etc.
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