>>>>Hi,
>>>>
>>>>for those already worried about Oplocks and similar MS-OS niceties and still supporting dbf's for multiple users:
>>>>Vista may add to your problems. Read about it at
>>>>
>>>>
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/935366/en-us#>>>>
>>>>While I think for heavy multi user access any kind of CS approach is the sensible choice today, a possible freeze on the second instance of flat file RDMS sounds ridicolous. How often does this happen and why could it slip through testing ?
>>>
>>>See Thread#
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>>Oops - missed that one. Still, I don't understand how this could happen at all.
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>You're right, it's hard to see how this could be missed - Access and VFP are MS products, after all. It should be mandatory that any new network file protocol (e.g. SMB2) be tested with a demanding VFP app.
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>I was going to put a smiley after the last sentence but on second thought, maybe not. Everyone should know (MS especially) that VFP is one of the most demanding stress tests available.
As the error seems to only crop up when one Vista uses SMB2 on another Vista's file the argument might be that as Vista is no server system, no decent vfp app should be tested ;-)
regards
thomas