>Bruce,
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>I can FLOCK() a table that another has open. The things that prevent an FLOCK is another FLOCK or an RLOCK in the table. IOW, FLOCK does not guarantee the availability for exclusive use.
Er, yes, no argument. I don't use FLOCK either. What I meant was to use the FOPEN/FCLOSE method that I posted that Cetin & I were discussing. Similar idea, but much more correct.
The Anonymous Bureaucrat,
and frankly, quite content not to be
a member of either major US political party.