FYI: I just wanted to add my two cents' worth while 'set multi off' is mentioned. I never set it off because every time I have in the past and the program aborted abnormaly, no one could then connect to the database! ~Claudine :)
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Dennis Fleming Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 4:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: 6.5++ (Deleting files) Bernie/Gunnar, Thanks. The Reload user must successfully MULTI OFF in order to Reload. The code is: -- Check if other Users Online DISCONNECT SET MULTI OFF CONNECT mmis SET VAR verr = .vderr IF verr <> "0" THEN CLS; BEEP PAUSE 2 USING "Other Users still Online" AT 10 RUN main IN cpms.prc ENDIF .... Perform Reload Dennis **** At 12:38 PM 12/1/02 -0800, you wrote: >Dennis - > > I have encountered exactly that problem under both NT and Novell. >AFAIK it used to be caused by SHARE locks not being released which would >require a server reboot; however, since about version 1.850 it acts more >like an RBase problem where users DISCONNECT but RBase thinks they are still >there. This is much easier to fix. The solution is to have all users >DISCONNECT and then have the reload user connect with MULTI set to OFF. The >phantom users go away. > > Is the reload user connected to the db with MULTI set ON? If so you >could have phantom users present which prevent the db from being deleted. > >Bernie > >---------------------------------------- >At 11:42 AM 11/30/2002 -0500, you wrote: >>At some customers using a LAN on NT, there is a file deletion problem I >>haven't been able to solve. In my app, a command file checks that you are >>the only user on line and then Reloads the data base. If no errors, the old >>data base is deleted and the new one is renamed. But... sometimes the old >>db is "seen" as in use(?) and the delete and rename fails. Anyone else run >>into this one? Is this where NT still sees someone logged in, although no >>one is? >> >>TIA, >> >>Dennis >>***** >> >> >>Dennis Fleming >>IISCO >>http://www.TheBestCMMS.com >>Phone: 570 775-7593 >>Fax: 570 775-9797 >>================================================ >>TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: >>Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l >>================================================ >>TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l >>================================================ >>TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: >>http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/ >> > >================================================ >TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: >Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l >================================================ >TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l >================================================ >TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: >http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/ > > Dennis Fleming IISCO http://www.TheBestCMMS.com Phone: 570 775-7593 Fax: 570 775-9797 ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l ================================================ TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/ ================================================ TO SEE MESSAGE POSTING GUIDELINES: Send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: INTRO rbase-l ================================================ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message body, put just two words: UNSUBSCRIBE rbase-l ================================================ TO SEARCH ARCHIVES: http://www.mail-archive.com/rbase-l%40sonetmail.com/
