PRB: Novell Btrieve Unexpected Error from External DB Driver

Last reviewed: June 21, 1995
Article ID: Q111286

The information in this article applies to:

- Standard and Professional Editions of Microsoft Visual Basic for

  Windows, version 3.0

SYMPTOMS

The following error message number 3275 can occur from a Visual Basic program attempting to open a database on the Novell Netware network:

   Unexpected error from external database driver ().

CAUSE

This error message can occur when Btrieve is not started on the server.

RESOLUTION

Start Btrieve using the BStart command on the server.

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STATUS

This behavior is by design.

Additional reference words: 3.00
KBCategory: kbprg kbprb
KBSubcategory: APrgDataOther

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Last reviewed: June 21, 1995
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