Mike: Patti's original email stated that the particular users are dialing in using a remote program, are exiting the application properly, but the server still shows open database connections. So TIMEOUT won't help her I don't think.
Patti: Just a thought. However your application is exiting, make sure you do a DISCONNECT right before the EXIT just to add some assurance. Karen In a message dated 6/23/2011 10:53:08 AM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Patti: > > Are you using the TIMEOUT setting? This might accomplish your purpose. > > Per the comments in R:BASE Help: > > "Use TIMEOUT to shut down an inactive R:BASE workstation and exit to > Windows after a set amount of time passes. A countdown only begins when > R:BASE > is waiting for a keystroke--not while R:BASE is processing commands or while > you are entering data. This is a useful feature for automatically > disconnecting idle R:BASE sessions for scheduled database maintenance. " > > If you add something like SET TIMEOUT 60 command to a user's startup file > it will cause R:BASE to exit after 60 minutes if there is no KEYBOARD > activity. > > Maybe that will help. >
