Thanks Mike - That wasn't quite exactly it but it did lead to the
solution - same read-only effect but different cause. User had
individual rights (read, write, modify, etc) to the db directory but not
Full Control. Client remembered same issue when adding a user some time
ago. He granted Full Control and everything works fine now.
Thanks for jump-starting my brain cell.
Doug
On 11/20/2013 9:54 PM, Michael J. Sinclair wrote:
Just a thought...are any of the files read only? I have had that
problem in the past. I had to use a DOS utility to reset the file
attributes, ie make the files all read/write instead of read only.
Try putting the files on a USB stick, make sure they are read/write
and try to connect to the files on the USB stick instead of on the
hard drive.
Mike
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*From:* Doug Hamilton <[email protected]>
*To:* RBASE-L Mailing List <[email protected]>
*Sent:* Wednesday, November 20, 2013 10:17 PM
*Subject:* [RBASE-L] - Cannot Connect to any db (7.6)
Hi All - A client set up RB 7.6 on one of their workstations for
accessing a network database.
All his workstations run from a server installation of 7.6, but when
setting up the workstation, he did a full installation on the
workstation. When he tried to connect to the network db, he got
"Database is connected in a mode..." and cannot connect.
I uninstalled the local (C:\RBTI\RBG76) RB 7.6 and created a desktop
icon, including the -a, using "Desktop Shortcut Properties" under
"Server Installation" of the "Getting Started Guide". R:Base starts
up, but still cannot connect to the db.
The weird thing is he cannot connect to ANY db, even ones (backups)
that we know are not connected to, although he doesn't get the "mode"
message, he just cannot connect.
The user on that workstation has full rights to program and data
subdirectories.
Scratch is an existing C:\TEMP, from which I deleted all *.$$$ files.
I also checked for errant RBASE.DAT or config files on the local drive
and mapped network drives.
And we rebooted a few times too.
RB is running fine on the other workstations.
So what's the obvious that I'm not seeing that prevents this
workstation from connecting to a db?
TIA
Doug
