This is an edited version of my previous post. Sorry I didn't read through it before posting.
Thanks for the VIs. I have yet to look at them. Before I do that I just have a slight concern. If I manage to incorporate your VI into my program, the program that will READ from the database will retry until a successful connection is made. However, the TestStand program that is logging data into the database, will still run into error once the other program connects to the database. Also, it would be best if I modify only the program that reads from the database, not the TestStand program. I am not sure but does OS play a part. I tested my applications with both of them in a local machine running Win 2K and I had no problem. I tried running them in an actual condition using a system running on Win 2K while the other system running on Win XP and this is where I ran into problems. I also did receive an error before when the program tries to make connection and it sounds like an OS error. Here it is and it still comes out once in a while. http://exchange.ni.com/servlet/ProcessRequest?RHIVEID=101&RPAGEID=135&HOID=506500000008000000E8D50000&UCATEGORY_0=_49_%24_6_&UCATEGORY_S=0&USEARCHCONTEXT_QUESTION_0=collating+sequence&USEARCHCONTEXT_QUESTION_S=0
