database in use on a network

[joey frazee]

is there a way to know if there is anyone using a database in a network connection?

thank you.

[Carl Warner]

"joey frazee" <jafrazee@tdsm.com> wrote:
>
>is there a way to know if there is anyone using a database in a network
connection?
>

If you issue a
OPEN DATABASE mydbc EXCLUSIVE
and it returns a "File access is denied" (Error 1705, I think),
then someone else is using your database.

You can elegantly trap that error and recover gracefully
to wherever else you need to go next.

==Carl
Carl Warner
VFUG Officer, http://vfug.org:8080/