Problem closing databases (SOLVED), but asking more questions

[Ruslan Zasukhin]

On 10/6/08 12:37 AM, "Matthew Jew" <mjew at icnc.com> wrote:

Hi Mathew,

> I think that may be the answer to my problem.
> 
> I do have two entirely separate applications running that access the same
> data. They are autonomous regarding what databases they open and  close, and
> they do a good job of not opening a database when the other is using it.
> 
> However, if you add a human to the mix, then anything can happen.
> 
> I closed out the applications, and have not had the problem re-occur.
> 
> Thank you very much for the suggestion.

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> I wish Valentina had some internal/automatic flag that let an  application
> know when another application had a given DB open.

Right, Such request exists in our Mantis db.
I hope we will add it for Valentina 4.0 soon

Again. Problem is only on OS X (and linux)
This OS do not have at all "exclusive" file open.

All apps that want share some files must follow some contract:
    usually create one more disk file with dbname.lck



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Best regards,

Ruslan Zasukhin
VP Engineering and New Technology
Paradigma Software, Inc

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