At 06:24 AM 17-08-01 -0700, you wrote:

>Greetings!
>
>Could anyone shed some light on what could've happened:
>I got a call yesterday from my largest client (about 20 users running my
>app).
>All of a sudden, everyone started getting a AV in GDS32.dll (I believe is
>what they told me).
>
>This is what their log file reports:
>
>PDC01 (Server) Thu Aug 16 15:43:19 2001
> Database: D:\IBDATA~1\LUMBER\LUMBER.GDB
> I/O error for file "D:\IBDATA~1\LUMBER\LUMBER.GDB"
> Error while trying to read from file
> The process cannot access the file because another process has locked a
>portion of the file.
> internal gds software consistency check (error during savepoint backout
>(290))
>
>
>
>How can I find out what 'process' has locked a portion of the .gdb? This
>was in the middle of the day around 1:30 PM.
>
>Any clues will be GREATLY appreciated.

Kevin,
Find out who tried to do a file copy operation, e.g. tape backup utility, WinZip, MS**ckup, etc. on the active database file. Look for someone with high security privileges...especially look under big desks and in broom cupboards...

rgds,
Helen

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