Karen -
Your message "invalid server6.rbg file for this database" means that YOUR
copy of R:BASE (on your local machine) was using the copy of server6.rbg
located there, while the clients were using the version located on their
machine. It may also mean that users were pointed to different folders with
different server6.rbg files. So, search all systems (local and network) for
the server6.rbg file and rename all of them except for ONE copy and place it
in the database folder.
BTW - this problem was resolved with version 6.5 - can they upgrade?
Best regards,
Sami
Sami Aaron
Hampshire Technology Group, LLC
6310 Lamar Ave, Suite 220
Overland Park, KS 66202
913-403-8100 Fax: 913-403-7689 Cell: 913-208-7205
http:\\www.hampshiretechnology.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: tellef [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 2:52 PM
To: All
Subject: Why was I unable to connect?
Regarding my client who recently "upgraded" to all Win98
workstations on a Win2000 network. They had a connection
problem (subsequently solved) but the chain of events seems
very unlikely.
The first user to connect to the database minimized it. He
then, of course, tried to open another copy (RBDos6.1), got
an error message, kept it on the screen and didn't tell others.
Somewhere else the next person tried to connect and couldn't.
When I dialed in and tried to connect I got the message "invalid
server6.rbg file for this database". I replaced the file with
a backup copy, got the same error message. When I did an autochk,
I got these messages:
Error reading the table list
Unable to open database file #4
I've never heard of the 1st message before. I did an 'attrib -r'
on the files, no difference. Put the server6.rbg back to the way
it was. Eventually someone found the first user's error message,
exited out of that session of RBase, found his minimized copy
and exited out of that. Now everyone can get back in, including
him.
I assume the 2 autochk messages are because a copy of RBase was
open? But it really seems like the moment he tried to open a second
copy, everything got corrupted for anyone else to log in. Makes
no sense.... Anyone experience a similar thing?
Karen
