Also, I just thought of something else to check, are you sure that somehow exclusive did not get set to ON?

Could this maybe be your problem:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q260227

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OR maybe this:

Re: Database object in use. Thread #572951 Message #574048

?

Just some things to check...

also, silly, but often overlooked is: are the files flagged as shareable in NOVELL? i.e. FLAG *.* +RW +SH /SUB



>>I have a 6.0 app loaded on a Novell network. Users just started getting tha above message. If the user hits ESC then all of the file open and seems to be fine.
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>>Any ideas?
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>>The message indicates that in the code there is a line that required locking record or locking the entire table. The behavior in this case depends on the SET REPROCESS value. And if user hit ESC, process continues skipping the part where locking is required.
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>It happens when it hits my code, use tablename in 0 shared. The app has been working fine for months, no changes in code. I am thinking that it is data related. If I just siply try and use any table in the database, I get the same message.