Hi Ian, >What are people out there doing for backups? Assuming you have your own >server, of course. > >I'm asking because our hosting provider just told us that they can't backup >our .mdb files, because they're locked when CF opens a connection to them.
They are locked, but should still be copy-able. Some versions of Access allow you to set over security so that the file is "shareable" ie it can be read by more than one user, or "Exclusive" so that when locked it is locked to reads by others. By default all databases are shareable. We back up many Access databases here with no difficulty, but we do straight copies to another machine and backup from there. Some database backup applications actually read the database rather than just copy the file. If that is the case in this hosting firm then the file will be locked by CF and not be accessible. -- Yours, Kym ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
