[AccessD] Could not update; currently locked

John W. Colby jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Thu Feb 24 08:31:06 CST 2005


No, not yet.  I have asked the client to pull just that one table out into a
separate be just to see what happens.  I am at a loss here.  It isn't making
any sense what is going on.  I have a gut feeling that it is a specific
workstation causing the problem - service packs, drivers or something like
that.  Very hard to pin down though.

John W. Colby
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-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Nicholson, Karen
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 9:07 AM
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Subject: RE: [AccessD] Could not update; currently locked


Stupid question, but did you try sucking backend into a new database?

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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John W. Colby
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 8:31 AM
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This is in AccessXP, 2K format BE.

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-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Nicholson, Karen
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 7:16 AM
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Subject: RE: [AccessD] Could not update; currently locked


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.

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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
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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 

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