John W. Colby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Thu Feb 24 09:09:01 CST 2005
The odd part here is that it happens immediately, as soon as they try to select something from the combo. If it were any kind of lock I would expect it to occur as the table tries to actually save the record. It is happening at the instant of new record insertion. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com Contribute your unused CPU cycles to a good cause: http://folding.stanford.edu/ -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Dettman Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 9:44 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: RE: [AccessD] Could not update; currently locked John, Sounds like an index or page is being updated and your getting a lock from that. As a first step, make sure your set to: "Open databases using record-level locking" and "Default Locking" is set to "Edited Record". However that is a default only, so make sure the forms are actually set to Edited record. That should help pin down the problem further, as you should now get a lock symbol on a record if two users are really hitting the same record at the same time. If not and you still get lock errors, then it's probably an index update that's causing a problem. You'll need to trap the lock error with the Forms OnError event. Put in a randomized wait value, then retry the operation again. Maybe a bug too; you were "lucky" enough to hit one of those a couple of years ago<g>. Lightening can strike twice. HTH, Jim. -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of John W. Colby Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 10:24 PM 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