Hi,

I'm using Delphi 3.02 C/S with BDE 4.51.

I've got the following problem with Paradox:

I installed a program on a server and wanted to call it from 2 client
PCs.

The Paradox tables I use are located on the client PCs. Nevertheless I
cannot open the
tables at the same time (i.e. tables with the same name on the same
alias).
Is this caused by PDOXUSRS.LCK?

Is there a workaround?

1. Set the NetFileDir to the same path on all clients. The path has to be
EXACTLY the same on ALL clients, inclusive the drive-letter!
You can set it in the BDE-Config or in the TSession-Component at runtime
2. Before the first start, delete all P*.LCK and P*.NET files.

then it should work

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Are you sure?

Maybe its different between Peer-to-Peer and Novell-Networks.
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Christian,

There are 2 properties in your Paradox Driver that must be configured
correctly otherwise you WILL get problems.

The first is the NETDIR - this points to the directory in which the P*.NET
and P*.LCK files get created. All users of the system must point to the same
directory. If not, each user wil have NET and LCK files created on their
local machines. If that happens then the BDE has no way of knowing what
locks are currently in place and corruptions will occur. Instead of
referrring to a Drive\Path why not use UNC naming eg.
\\MYSERVER\MYSYSTEM\DATA  - that way drive letters are not an issue.

The second property is PRIVATEDIR which is used for the creation of
temporary files. This should always be set to point to a directory on the
local machine. Each user should have their own private directory, if not
then problems can arise.

Good Luck

Campbell Fuller

Sarah J Straith
ObjectPAL Programmer/Database Specialist

Hi,

But what will happen if all users are logged in with the same userid
such as is the case with CGI programs running under IIS
(username=IUSR?????). I have big troubles sharing a directory of dBase
files with a CGI program that can be executed simultaneously by remote
users. I keep getting "Directory is busy" exceptions. I think each user
ID can only connect once and since IIS uses one userid for everybody
that's a big problem.

-Craig Manley.