Locked record

[Kenneth Brody]

On 5/27/2010 10:39 AM, Richard Kreiss wrote:
> One of my clients called to say they had a record locked.  This occurred
> last night when only one person was in the system.  He exited the file and
> deleted the lockfile.
>
> When he checked again, the record was/is still locked.  The message is
> waiting for record to be unlocked.

Okay everyone, repeat after me:

     The lockfile has nothing to do with record locking.  Nothing.  Nada.
     Zip.  Zilch.  Zero.

> Any suggestion on how or why this record should remain locked?

Since the lockfile has nothing to do with record locking, removing it had no 
effect on the record lock.  Whatever had it locked still has it locked.

> Windows server 2008, FP 5.6.10, Win XP Pro.

If you were on *nix, I would suggest my showlock program.  Unfortunately, it 
won't work on Windows.  Try "WhoLockMe", which is supposed to be able to 
show you who has a file locked:

     http://majorgeeks.com/WhoLockMe_d4429.html

-- 
Kenneth Brody