ACC1x: Exclusively Locked Error When Attaching to Btrieve Table

ID: Q94419

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

When attaching a Btrieve table, you may receive one of the following error messages when you choose FILE.DDF:

Table <tablename> is exclusively locked. 


   -or-

Couldn't open file <filename>.


CAUSE

When attaching to a table, Microsoft Access needs to open the target Btrieve table exclusively for a moment. If any other user has the target table open at the same time Microsoft Access is attempting to attach to it, you will see one of these error messages.


RESOLUTION

Find an available time when no other user is using the target Btrieve table. Once Microsoft Access attaches to the Btrieve table successfully, you will no longer receive the error messages.


STATUS

This problem does not occur in Microsoft Access version 1.1.

Btrieve is manufactured by Pervasive Software, a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's performance or reliability. 


Keywords          : kb3rdparty IsmBtrv 
Version           : 1.0
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: March 13, 1999