Hi Colin, Eric, Brian, > We have had no issues running Dataperfect on networks with > several users accessing the same database concurrently for many > years.
> The only DP corruption issus I have ever faces is when the > network client was trying to cache writes. So, that pretty much rules out DP as a culprit. > Fixing all computer issues starts with the basics first. i.e. > hardware > system > networking > software Eric, I ran through your checklist and everything is OK. I tested 3 different computers at the Health Center. In the evening I reproduced the exact same problem at home with 2 computers of my own. The cable was tested too. Hard disk space, config.sys and autoexec.bat are all OK. > I do not know how FreeDOS manages sharing but perhaps this is > the area to look at. I spent this morning on site doing more tests and gathering error messages. Although I'm no expert, it sure sounds like the problem is in file sharing. Here are some error messages. From the server: cache error, "disk write protected". From the client: "Not ready reading drive G", and also this one from DP itself: "Network error [..] database files can't be accessed [..]". FreeDOS has its own share.com, specific to its kernel. So now it's over to the FreeDOS discussion group. Thanks a lot! Marcos PS: Doctors and nurses were quite surprised to see me receive prompt support from places like New Zealand :-) By the way, where are you located, Brian? -------------------------------------- Marcos Fávero Florence de Barros Campinas, Brazil _______________________________________________ Dataperf mailing list [email protected] http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf
