I have very little influence on the Novell settings.

Is there a way to fix the problem by changing the VFP code.

If I need to I can force the file to be accessed exclusively.
Is there a way to not have novell use so many locks in VFP code.


>Hi,
>If you have run out of locks, an error msg would have been report at the console.
>Also I think this is the setting http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/10025341.htm
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>BTW two weeks ago I deleted all our articles regarding Novell from our server i.e. we no longer support it, to many problems.
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>>>>VFP 7, Novell network
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>>>>I am trying to figure out why an update program in an application works if I execute i
t on a local drive (update tables and application) it works, but when I try to execute the same program on the same tables on the network drive it eventually hangs (progrress bar stops and does not change after about 5 to 10 minuites). I table replaces existing values, other tables are log files and data is inserted at the end of the tables. If I look in task list it says application is not responding.
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>>>>I am not sure what to look for. This is a test system and I know I am the only one using it.
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>>>>Any help appreciated.
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>>>If you're doing tableupdate and there are many changes, you may be running out of locks in Novell. I forget what the setting name is, but you usually have to update the total system locks available to Novell.
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>>This particular program does a massive update to to table and does use table update.
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>>Is there a way of determining if running out of Novell locks is the problem?
>>What are my options to fix the problem?