>I'm using optimistic table buffering on some forms, record level on others. Biggest problem has been on one form having table buf. On entry into the form, he is not saving anything. The only thing the form does is open a view and fill a grid, but he is also having trouble with other forms. I have a on error routine to trap for errors but it never makes it. Machine totally freezes up requiring power recycle. So far he has NOT lost any data!
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>I'm not sure what protocol he is using. I had him start Windows without network drivers - still failed. Tried Safe Mode - ditto.
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>Thinking of sending him a old 200mb hd formatted. Customer is a old main frame programmer and is getting a kick out of this now. We may attempt a fresh install of Windows 98 and try it, in out attempt to rule out hardware.
Not on a 200MB drive - Win98 will eat that and more. I'd look at 500MB as a minimum drive to use for this project, and 1GB more realistic. With 6GB drives locally available for <$130, I'd guess that you could walk into your local CompUSA or Staples or OfficeMax and escape with a new drive for $100-125 (at my local Staples outlet, the smallest thing they had in stock was the 5.1GB Maxtor for $119 and tax.)
If you're looking to buy spare parts, I've often been able to buy refurbished drives with 90-180 day warranties for very little money; one good source is
Corporate Systems Center. We normally keep a couple of spare IDE drives at the office for various emergencies, and they're a cheap source for this type of thing. They also do a decent job with SCSI cables, and do a thriving business in off-the-shelf RAID solutions for NT and NetWare. Another source is
Dirt Cheap Drives.
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>I don't give up easily...
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>>This may be totally off-the-wall, but what sort of buffering, locking, et al are you doing? I remember having tremendous problems with buffered databases and peer-to-peer; if fact, there used to be a MS KB article advising not use buffering peer-to-peer (win95) and to use o/s locking (I guess that would translate to FLOCK() and RLOCK().
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>>What is your connection protocol? NetBEUI? TCP/IP? If this network is completely standalone, try NetBEUI.
