Nicholson, Karen
cyx5 at cdc.gov
Thu Feb 24 06:15:40 CST 2005
Make sure that you do not have any fields in the SQL table defined as bits - for some reason when trying to add a new record at times, Access throws a locked message as a null value for a bit is not acceptable to SQL. I change my bits to ints and it goes away. -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Erwin Craps - IT Helps Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 3:24 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: RE: [AccessD] Could not update; currently locked I seen this to (but in A2K3), I wonder if this is not the result of the Oportunistic locking issue in Windows server. Does anynone know if this isssue is resolved on W2000 and W2003 server, or does this Oportunistic locking still needs to be turned of for Access? Another posible cause in A2K3 is that you can set locking differently in each form (which makes it hard to locate the problem). I'm not sure if this functionality is also present in A2K2? I'm not sure, but I believe when creating (or importing) new forms the formlocking is not set to the same as in the database options... Erwin -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John W. Colby Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 4:24 AM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: [AccessD] Could not update; currently locked I have a database (Windows XP, AccessXP) where a child form (no code AT ALL) gets the error message "Could not update; Currently locked" at the instant that the user tries to select something in a combo. The table that the data is going in to is small, 5 IDs (FKs for other tables) a date, a time and a memo which is actually a text field. The record selector does NOT display the locked symbol (circle with a slash). This database has a small number of users, perhaps 5 or 6, ALL of them are working in this main / sub form. It is a people table (parent form) with a "communication" subform which records all phone calls etc to the people in the parent form. This is SIMPLE, nothing much there. When the lock occurs, ALL users end up locked. Any given user has to close the main form and re-open And they can continue onward with whatever they were trying to do. I have checked service packs (SP3). All machines are set to "locked record". The BE is compacted / repaired regularly and doesn't seem to help. I am not there, and it is several hundred miles away so I am trying real hard to not have to go there. Has anyone seen something of this nature? It looks like a PeopleComm record is created by this specific combo selecting something, and at the instant something is selected from the combo something locks up the PeopleComm table. It cannot be created on demand, but it happens regularly (every 15 minutes to 1/2 hour). This form is the main working form for this group of people, it is where they work, all evening. It is a major frustration for them. I cannot see anything causing this. There is no memo field, no lock symbol, no id of which user is causing the lock, no nothing to work with here. To be honest it looks like an Access bug to me but... Help!!! John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com Contribute your unused CPU cycles to a good cause: http://folding.stanford.edu/ -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com