>I was curious how people here are going about securing exclusive access (to shared tables) for packing/reindexing ? I am trying to find a robust way of doing it, and was curious what others have devised
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>Tim

Check for exclusive use of the database. Typically, you'd be opening it in shared mode so if other users are on the system, you won't be able to open it exclusively. Also, make sure you don't have any loose datasessions hanging around because even without any other users on, you won't be able to get exclusive on the database.

Steve