accessing an open database

[jda]

>On 3/22/05 12:18 AM, "jda" <jda at his.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>  Hi,
>>
>>  I still don't see the best way to deal with this situation, so 
>>I'll ask again.
>>
>>  The problem: I am allowing folks to search databases via the
>>  Internet. I have threaded HTTPSockets that do the searching, format
>>  the results, and send them back. Importantly, the access is
>>  read-only. The issue at hand is that each db is opened when a search
>>  is initiated and closed when it is finished. If a db is already open
>>  and I try to open the file again (myDatabase.open(f) -> exception).
>>
>>  Suggestions are welcome.
>
>>From the same app ?
>
>     Vdatabase.IsOpen() may be will help you ?
>

Don't you have to actually try to open it first with

myDatabase.open(f)  ?


-- and that throws the exception.