I suggest that you don't use APPEND BLANK. Instead I recommend INSERT INTO which is must faster and more reliable. Plus it's much easier to upgrade to a real SQL server.

>Hi
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>I've just picked up this error in a multi user system
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>File is in use by another user
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>But I am puzzled as the file is already in use by the application and the error is occurring on the line APPEND BLANK.
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>Any ideas why I would get that error?
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>Thanks
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>Nick