Actually I did run the virus scan last night as that was my first suspicion, however, it came up clean. I will check the server on the table open issue. Thanks.

>Go to the server and see who has the table open - it is locked by some user somewhere.
>Has anything changed on the setup of the server? Could be a virus scanner as well.
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>>I have a working database that has been operational -flawlessly - for about 10 years in a 24/7 operation until last night.
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>>One of the tables in the database is now erroring with the following message (which I didn't program into the table.) "Record not available ... please wait" The message appears in a wait window and locks the program. This happens on all machines. Each machine has their own .exe.
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>>I tried to go in through the 'backdoor' into the raw table through VFP and got the same message and it locked VFP.
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>>I'm using VFP 8 with the tables located on a server.
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>>All other tables in the project are ok.
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>>Any help would be appreciated as to cause and repairability. Thanks.
>>Linda