>No we are not using Novell - using NT.
>Is there anything else it could be????
>
>We are puzzled ... there is no locking, we are
>trying to do a straight insert into....
>
>Thanks in advance
>Bali

I've only heard of actually getting the text "Record not available" in the Novell situation, but it certainly sounds like either a contention issue or a rights issue. Does it always happen predictably on the same line of code? If not, it's probably a contention issue. If it is, then look into access rights for the file you are trying to write to.