At 05:14 PM 2004-02-05, you wrote:
You have a hanging Netwoork lock.
There is a workstation still in the DB.
These types of problems usually go away oncen everyone disconnects from the DB.
Troy
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Trinity Business Technologies Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 11:27 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Unable To Connect To Database!
Bernie,
I checked the file attributes of the database files and they are not "Read-Only".
Any other suggestions?
Rick
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bernie Corrigan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 12:20 AM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Unable To Connect To Database!
> Rick - > > Check the file attributes of the database files. > They might be set to read only. If so you will not be > able to connect. > > Bernie > > > At 12:05 AM 2/5/2004 -0600, you wrote: > >Razzak, > > > > I am running R:Base v6.1 (DOS), Build 6.1x038F. Five user Lan Pack > installed. > > > > I was running an application on a Windows 98 computer and was connected > to the applications database. > > > > The application locked down and I had to use the Windows Task Manager to > end the task. > > > > When I tried to re-connect to the database it gave me the error message - > "Unable To Connect Database". > > > > I then tried to re-connect in multi-user mode and received the error > message - "The Database Is Currently Unavailable -- it is probably open with > Multi set off". > > > > I then used the RBADMIN utility to remove all users and workstations from > the SERVER6.RBG file. I was able to remove all users but still was unable > to re-connect to the database. > > > > I also tried to delete the database from a DOS prompt and it returned the > error message - "Access Denied". > > > > I have a backup copy of the database. Therefore, can you provide me with > any suggestions for either re-connecting to the database or deleting the > database? > > > > > >Regards, > > > >Rick Brown > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> > ><HTML><HEAD> > ><META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> > ><META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1276" name=GENERATOR> > ><STYLE></STYLE> > ></HEAD> > ><BODY bgColor=#ffffff> > ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> > ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Razzak,</FONT></DIV> > ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> > ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I am running R:Base v6.1 (DOS), Build > >6.1x038F. Five user Lan Pack installed.</FONT></DIV> > ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> > ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I was running an application on a > Windows 98 > >computer and was connected to the applications database.</FONT></DIV> > ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> > ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> The application locked down and I had > to use > >the Windows Task Manager to end the task.</FONT></DIV> > ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> > ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> When I tried to re-connect to the database > >it gave me the error message - "Unable To Connect Database".</FONT></DIV> > ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> > ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I then tried to re-connect in multi-user > >mode and received the error message - "The Database Is Currently > Unavailable -- > >it is probably open with Multi set off".</FONT></DIV> > ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> > ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I then used the RBADMIN utility to remove > >all users and workstations from the SERVER6.RBG file. I was able to > remove > >all users but still was unable to re-connect to the database.</FONT></DIV> > ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> > ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I also tried to delete the database from a > >DOS prompt and it returned the error message - "Access Denied".</FONT></DIV> > ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> > ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> I have a backup copy of the > database. > >Therefore, can you provide me with any suggestions for either re-connecting to > >the database or deleting the database?</FONT></DIV> > ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> > ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> > ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV> > ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> > ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rick Brown</FONT></DIV> > ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A > >href="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</A></FONT>< > /DIV> > ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> > > >
Tony Luck
Brisbane Australia
