Could Not Lock File Message
Sep 26, 2006
Hi folks - need some help with what is probably very easy but I just can't get it.
I am running an access database on a 2 pc network with shared access etc. I can see all files on both computers but when I try to open the same file on both systems I get error message " could not lock file" I had another database earlier this year working on the two machines perfectly and was able to input data from both and the file was not a froint end back end structiure.
also if is any help the second machine only seems to be able to open in Read only mode. I have tried the user permission on the my computer allow shared access but this has not fixed it.
Any ideas much appreciated
Thanks
Humph
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Feb 14, 2006
I have a live db running on a VPN network (FE/BE both centrally located on a main server , users 'view' their own personal front end through the VPN tunnel) ) and have recently provided a new updateto the FE. Until this time , most users were problem free but one persisted in getting the above error message. Now the new update is in place , they all get it, and this is when no one else is using the db and a single user logs in and tries to use the system. I guess it must be an internal fault ( ie my fault ) but then why does it work for some and not for others?. It also works no problem on my system at home. The user runs Access 2000 and the db was developed in 2003 ( default file format 2000)
Any help most appreciated
Thanks in advance.
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Nov 1, 2004
I created a database for one company. So, this database needs to support multiple users environment. One of the users has problem opening the database. Sometime he can open it. …. sometime he has an error message “Could not lock file”. What’s wrong with the database? (I gave him permission to “Read”, “Write” and “Read & Execute”)
Thanks in advance for all your answers.
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Nov 30, 2005
Hi all,
We are changing domains and are doing alot of bouncing around with passwords and such.
Now all my users who are not in admins can not open our Db.
We get a message 'Could not lock file'. Any ideas?
thanks
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Jun 18, 2007
Hi,
We have manufacturing/shopping software that has an access backend. There is about 15 users access it via terminal services.
From what i know, access only allows for 256 connections, and that number can be viewed with the LDB Viewer.
The problem is that if someone doesn't log out, the database doesn't reset itself. The next day, the lock file will still be a high number, and the shopping software will have errors running reports.
I dont understand how this happens. If there only 15 users, how cant there be so many connections? What makes the count build up? What can i do besides kick everyone out to reset it?
thanks
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Feb 26, 2006
Hi there, we currently have a database that users write to through an excel form. Each time a user sumbits a record to the database we open a connection up with the below code, insert the record and then close it. This creates a ldb file for 1-3 seconds depending on how long it takes.
' OPEN DATABASE CONNECTION
Set dbConn = New ADODB.Connection
dbConn.CursorLocation = adUseClient
dbConn.ConnectionString = "Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0"
dbConn.Open sConn
' INSERT RECORD THROUGH EXECUTE COMMAND
dbConn.Execute("INSERT INTO.... VALUES....")
' CLOSE CONNECTION
dbConn.Close
Is it possible to open the connection up without an ldb file being created so more than 1 user can insert a record into the database at the same time?
Thanks for your time,
Cheers
Tony
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Dec 19, 2006
In the lock file I noticed I can see the computer names of the people who have the db open. Is there a way to get the login names from this file so I can knock some sense in my co-workers who still have the database on
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Jul 27, 2005
Hi,
I have some code which updates an invoice table with transaction numbers. It worked ok until this month when we had to run three months worth of invoices in one go. I recieved a runtime error 3052 "File Sharing Lock Count Exceeded" and Access told me to increase the MaxLocksPerFile registry entry. I thought i'd better check it out a bit first though and found the following on support.microsoft.com
In Microsoft Access 2000, you can take advantage of a feature that allows you to increase the MaxLocksPerFile setting for Microsoft Jet database engine 4.0 by editing the Windows Registry. The default value of this setting is 9500. However, changing this value is not recommended if one of the replicas is located on a Novell Netware server, because the server's maximum record locks per connection is 10000.
The invoice table had about 20k lines but as I am on a netware server i'm not gonna be able to squeeze more than 10k lines out of my recordset so I was wondering if there is any way I can open it without record locking? The table that is being modified is never edited apart from in this one process so there is no risk of complications there.
Here is how I opened the recordset
Set rstInvs = dbs.OpenRecordset("SELECT [InvNumber], [InvNumExt], [TransactionType], [LineNum] FROM [tblInvoices]" _
& "WHERE [LineNum] Is Null ORDER BY [InvNumber], [InvNumExt], [TransactionType]")
Any help would be much appreciated.
thanks, Tom
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When I tried on a different machine I get an error message that says too many Table IDs. Odd since I only have 3 forms, 3 tables and 3 reports. Lots of DoCmd's and switching between the 3 forms but not sure why this would create "too many Table IDs"?
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Apr 7, 2015
What I'd like to do is have an "export button", where the OnClick event, exports a single table into a new accde file. This would allow the end users to zip this file up and send it to me.
Because of all sorts of stupidity, I have no network capability and must send data back and forth via email.
I have digressed to a replication table that needs to be uploaded, once data is entered by the users...
Because the files can get relatively large (for emailing purposes), I am trying to figure out how I can get just one table from them vs. sending the whole application file back to me... It's pretty vital that they not be able to edit the table because that could really mess up the process.
So any way to create a new lock file from within the current Db?
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Jul 14, 2014
I created a split database. The backend went on a shared network drive where all my users have read/write priviledges. Then I gave each of my users a copy of the front end that they put on their local computers. According to all of my research, with this setup Access is suppose to allow multiple users in the database simultaneously. However, if anyone tries to open the database when someone else is already using it they get the error message "file in use".
I've confirmed with IT and the Admin for the folder that all of my users have read/write priviledges to the shared drive housing the backend. There are only 6 users and usually it is only 2 who want to use database simultaneously.
My IT person said that they have heard this type of problem with Access before. Usually, people have to shell out money and get a server because Microsoft's claim that Access can run on a shared drive is usually untrue.There is no way I'm going to get a server so I have to make the database on a shared drive work.
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Apr 28, 2004
I was working with one access application 2 months ago and I stoped. Now, I opened this access file and try to continue with it.
But I have problem! On every button, when I click on this button (it could be button for cllosing form or any other) there is one message box with followed text:
"Error accessing file. Network connection may have been lost."
I have no ideao what is going on! Even, when I create new form, put the button on it, when I click on this button, the same message appears.
Can someone help me? What is wrong with with my Access or with my Windows.
P.S.
I have Pentium IV, 512 MB Ram, Windows XP, and MS Access 2000.
Please, do send me an e-mail on dculic71@hotmail.com
or contact me on ICQ (101967172)
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file1.txt (13-02-14)
Then
Send error message ("file not updated") to: Error.txt
IF NOT
no action requeried
This code does the following :
file1.txt (Modified date: 13-02-14)
Then
Send error message ("file not updated") to: Error.txt
file2.txt (Modified date: 14-02-14)
Then
Send error message ("file not updated") to: Error.txt
Code:
Sub CheckD()
Dim FSO As Object: Set FSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Dim objFile As Object: Set objFile = FSO.GetFile("C:Users
ameDocumentsShow5621.txt")
If objFile.DateLastModified <> Date - 1 Then
[Code] .....
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Aug 23, 2006
My company has a network with an Access application front end and an Oracle back end. The back end is read only. The folder in which the Access application resides is shared with other departments who have been concerned about people who use our application having any contact with their applications, whatever they may be. Everyone who used the Access application has had Full Control rights on the old folder.
Our application was moved to another folder which is in another folder to which no one has access. To get to it, the complete path must be typed in; the browser can't be used because the forbidden folder can't be opened.
Only a few users need Write access to the application. Everyone else has been given Read Only access to the folder in which the application resides.
We are now finding that when the second person tries to access the application in its new location (it was deleted from the old location), they get the "Could Not Lock File" error message and the applicattion won't open. The Access application has no security on it at all-everyone has full rights to do anything they want in it. At corporate's insistance, the only controls on who can do what are the permissions that are associated with the folder.
We are having a few of them apply for Read Write access to the folder to see if this solves the problem but it will be a few days before anyone gets the permissions changed.
In the meantime, does anyone have any idea if this is the problme or could it be something else? By the way, this only started happening in the last day or two but people have been requesting permission to the new location for about a month.
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Apr 22, 2006
Hi,
I create the datasheet form,
I know how to lock the field, but it lock the whole column of the field.
I want to lock the field except the last record field only.
Can I do that?
eg.
ID Field1 Field2
1___a______b
2___c______d
3___z
I want to lock the field2 except the ID=3
Please let me know, thanks.
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Oct 30, 2005
My company has asked for an issue tracking database with the requirements that if is someone is edditing records it locks that block down until that user is done. I don't have any idea how to do it. my db is set up this way.
tables
tblPolls
tblIssues
Querries
qryPolls
qryIssues
qryFindPollsByID
qryFindPollsbyName
Forms
FrmFindPolls
FrmSearchResultsbyId
FrmSearchResultsbyName
FrmIssueTrackingMain
FrmIssueTrackingSub
The Form Issue Tracking Main has the Sub form IssueTracking Sub
Here users enter the issues in the sub form. The forms are linked by Poll ID
Is there a way to lock all the records with the same pollid in the tbltblIssues. Also to check who is editing them at the time?
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Apr 5, 2006
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hello,
Access gives me the following error:
runtime error 3326 this recordset is not updatable
How do I make a recordset UPDATABLE?
2 days ago, I was able (from front end file) to open a table (in the back end in another computer) and modify the records or add a new one. Yesterday, Office 2007 was automatically updated from the internet, and now I can open the tables but it locks me (it doesn't let me modify or add anything)
Does anyone have any idea of what's going on and how to fix this?
thank you
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Oct 13, 2004
hi,
i have created a table with 2 records.i want to lock the record such that nothing can be done with the existing records but allows to add new records.wat should i do??
thank u
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Nov 5, 2005
I want to lock a table to disallow further records.
I want to have only one record (I would have created this rec by myself) to store initial conditions and infos such Username/company etc.
Any ideas?
I'm also interesting in other solutions than locking a table if sucj a thing is not possible or nt functional.
Tnx in advance
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Dec 1, 2005
I have a created a database for insurance policies.
I'm using a form in the database to edit the data in the underlying table.
I use "pessimistic lock" in the database and in the form.
The database runs in a multi-user environment.
My question is the folowing:
When a user is editing a record, it is obvious that this record is set to
lock in the table (--> pessimistic lock), but the 4 records that are right before this record
are also locked too!
There is nobody else editing at that same moment in the database and it is
not a one-time occurence!
Can somebody help me out with this one... I'm realy desperite and I
searched the entire forum.
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