Andrew Jensen wrote:
There seems to be a similar problem when using MS Access with Base. A
number of users from the Base forum have reported the following problem.
Currently there is an ASP application that connects to an MSA
database. Base was used to connect to the same MSA database. When the
Base file is open the database is locked, causing the ASP connection
to fail. In both cases that where reported they are using ODBC to make
the connection. I am wondering if there is some way ADO could be used
instead that would allow Base to open the mdb file without a full lock?
To be honest, you really shouldn't be using MS Access to store data in a
multi-user environment. Access is good for creating a GUI to connect to
a real database server, but using Access as the 'server' is begging for
trouble.
What I suspect is happening here ( I haven't tested this ) is that Base
is creating a *filesystem* lock to access the mdb file. Access uses a
'record locking file' ( .ldb ) to indicate who's accessing what, but
then everybody needs read/write access ... simultaneously ... to both
the mdb and ldb ... for this to work. It doesn't work.
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