jwcolby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Thu Aug 5 13:45:52 CDT 2010
If you never update, then set up saved queries and make them read-only. That might prevent the issue. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com Charlotte Foust wrote: > If you have an open connection to the table and it's not readonly, > you'll see a lock file as soon as you start scrolling through the > data, even if you used a No Locks scheme. However, you can still > retrieve the data directy from SQL Server usng ADO or passthrough > queries. You just ignore the linked table. > > Charlotte > > On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 7:56 AM, Brad Marks <BradM at blackforestltd.com> wrote: >> Charlotte, >> >> We are fairly locked into using Linked Tables (no pun intended). >> >> It sounds like if we stay with Linked Tables, Access will always use a Lock file, even though we never update any of the Linked Tables. Is this correct? >> >> Thanks, >> Brad >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com on behalf of Charlotte Foust >> Sent: Thu 8/5/2010 9:50 AM >> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving >> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Laccdb - Lock File Issues - Problem Solved >> >> I assume you're using linked tables. If you want to avoid the lock >> file, you'd need to do it differently. You could use ADO to read data >> from the SQL Server table without a link or used a stored procedure to >> return the data. >> >> Charlotte >> >> On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 7:34 AM, Brad Marks <BradM at blackforestltd.com> wrote: >>> Charlotte, >>> >>> Thanks for the help. >>> >>> As it turns out, we had a "hung" Access task. We used the Windows Task Manager to nuke it. This did not delete the Laccdb file, but the next time we initiated the Access application and then got out of it the Laccdb file went away. >>> >>> I still would like to know if there is a way to avoid the Laccdb file completely. The application in question is only reading data from SQL-Server. It is deployed as an accdr file. It seems like there is no need for any type of locking. >>> >>> Thanks again, >>> Brad >>> >>> >> -- >> AccessD mailing list >> AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >> -- >> This message has been scanned for viruses and >> dangerous content by MailScanner, and is >> believed to be clean. >> >> >> >> -- >> AccessD mailing list >> AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >> >