>thanks Tamar
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>In this instance the problem goes away when the application is closed and restarted.
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>Also a buffered append blank can take up to 10 seconds on a different table that on all other 9 systems takes approx one second. I've even backed up my app including data from their machine & installed on a virtual machine of similar spec. and it only takes a second to do the append.
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>After reading all the thoughts on the other thread you pointed me to I think some error trapping does seem the best way to go.
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>The user is using the Knowhow to look after their computer, they have checked out the machine but say it checks out fine, although they did find as I had already pointed that the internet connection kept dropping out. They apparently sorted this out.
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>The iceing on the cake is that the machine in question is using WinXP 64bit. Ouch.
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>I'm guessing that there is either some form of backup installed like Mozy or shadow copying.
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>Many thanks for the pointers, always much appreciated
Avoid Append Blank in your application, using it is asking for problems. Use SQL syntax Insert Into instead.