Tony Septav
iggy at nanaimo.ark.com
Wed Jul 2 08:43:12 CDT 2008
Thanks Charlotte My question has been answered. Charlotte Foust wrote: >I see. Yes, the refresh interval should make all the difference if >you're going to use bound forms that way. > >Charlotte Foust > >-----Original Message----- >From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tony Septav >Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 5:34 AM >To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving >Subject: Re: [AccessD] MDB Refresh interval > >Hey Charlotte >I have a little network setup in my office, 3 machines linked to a >server. I have put the data on the server. Then on two of the >machines, I start up the program and open the same data entry >continuous form. > >On one machine the form is an edit/update form, on the other it is a >view only form. >The idea being that when a record is deleted or changed I set a flag, >the OnTimer event for the view machine checks for this flag, if it finds >it, it refreshes/requeries the view form. > >I was running a .1% scenario, "What if one user was viewing the data >while another user deleted a bunch of records one right after the other >real quickly", what would happen to the display on the view machine. > >Somtimes, not always I could trip up the program and cause error >messages to be displayed. > >By reducing the refresh interval this problem seems to have gone away. I >was just wondering if this was truly a solution to the problem. > >Charlotte Foust wrote: > > > >>I don't think I understand what you mean by "on another machine"? Are >>you using remote access to a machine or are you deleting the records >> >> >>from the form in an instance running on your desktop? > > >>Charlotte Foust >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >>[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tony Septav >>Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2008 4:37 AM >>To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving >>Subject: [AccessD] MDB Refresh interval >> >>Hey All >>I have been doing some testing on a program, deleting a group of >>records when muiltiple users are online working in the same bound form. >>I was getting at times error messages, on one machine when I deleted a >>group of records on another machine. In fact the one machine would >>lose the record source at times. >>Now a question for the network experts, I dropped the refresh rate from >> >> > > > >>60 down to 20 seconds, and the problem seems to have gone away. Is >>this coincidence or would doing this really eleviate the problem. >>-- >>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 > > >