If your people do not have Access installed on their PC's, you may want to look into doing a run-time install so they still can use the front-end on their own machines. I've done it with the Wise Installer and a Sagekey script, which are somewhere around $800+ in themselves, but a lot cheaper if you have a good number of people who would otherwise need to have Access installed.
Tobi -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of stomper57 Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 3:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [AccessDevelopers] Re: Delete .ldb Hi Glenn, Several people are using the same login and I agree that it's a security nightmare. I believe that this is the source of all(if not most) the corruption at this site. For some reason Access has a problem with the same user in the same database at two different PC's both up and running :) I've tried to convince management that everyone should have thier own login, but they don't want to. It costs $78 per person and we have a lot of temp labor. The database was down two days while I was trying to contact the administrator. Which cost is greater? It is very possible the users are using the fe directly. I am not on site, so I can't monitor what they are actually doing. I have the fe zipped on the server so they don't have ready access. On the desktop of the main computer they use is the entire fe unzipped. I have noticed that when a user has a form open a .ldb is created in both fe and be. Bryan --- In [email protected], "Jones, Glenn P MSG (Ret) FL- ARNG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Bryan, > Something that sticks out to me is that you have several people logging in > with the same user account. This is a security nightmare. I do not know > exactly how Access handles the login with the .ldb file. If it uses user id > then that could cause a problem. If it uses IP or MAC addressing then there > should be no problem. > You also said that there was one user that seem to lock it down. I would be > very suspect of that user and the version and table linkage. Do a search > and make sure that you only have one .ldb out there. > If you are using fe/be then the .ldb file should be only on the user's pc > and not on the server. I keep a copy of the front end on the server for > users to download to their pc if they have problems or if there is an > upgrade. If you have an .ldb on your server then you have a problem there > and it sounds like a user is maybe using a front end on the server. Is that > possible in your situation? > Maybe someone else can shed some more light on this. Bottom line, you > should not have to worry about deleting the .ldb file, but I guess you > already figured that one out. > > Be sure to let us know your final solution. > > Glenn P. Jones > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of stomper57 > Sent: Monday, 08 August, 2005 8:51 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [AccessDevelopers] Re: Delete .ldb > > > Thanks. Right now I'd try just about anything. I'm still waiting on the > system admin to kill the lock. > > Bryan > > > --- In [email protected], "A.D.Tejpal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > Bryan, > > > > If everything else fails and the ldb file proves too stubborn, > following course of action could be tried so as to delete the file > without resorting to re-booting of computer. > > > > Press Ctrl + Alt + Del so as to invoke the Task Manager. In the > Processes tab, select msaccess.exe and click End. It should now be > possible to delete the ldb file. > > > > With best wishes, > > A.D.Tejpal > > -------------- > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: stomper57 > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 20:28 > > Subject: [AccessDevelopers] Delete .ldb > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I have a split fe/be database that is locked up. It can't open > > because of an unrecognized database format error. Everybody that > uses it is logged off. I had each user try opening and closing > > the database to release the lock with no luck. > > > > I've tried to delete it directly and the .ldb doesn't delete. > > What is the best way to remove the lock? > > > > Bryan > > > > > > > Please zip all files prior to uploading to Files section. > Yahoo! Groups Links Please zip all files prior to uploading to Files section. Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12hv6e0l3/M=362335.6886445.7839731.1510227/D=groups/S=1705115370:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1123623254/A=2894361/R=0/SIG=13jmebhbo/*http://www.networkforgood.org/topics/education/digitaldivide/?source=YAHOO&cmpgn=GRP&RTP=http://groups.yahoo.com/";>In low income neighborhoods, 84% do not own computers. At Network for Good, help bridge the Digital Divide!</a>.</font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Please zip all files prior to uploading to Files section. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AccessDevelopers/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
