Re: Rhyme nor reason

Actually, Martin, I agree with you 100%.  But, this other person is not a User.
He is in the MIS department, and I am (trying to) teach him some things.

Regards,

Jim Langston

Martin Glenn wrote:

> It has always been my understanding that "Users" should not even have access
> to UPDDTA, as it is a very powerful and can be a very dangerous tool.  Are
> there not other measures that you can use that can easily be monitored.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jim Langston <jlangston@conexfreight.com>
> To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
> Sent: 09 November 1999 21:48
> Subject: Re: Rhyme nor reason
>
> > HwaRangRon@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > > Just grasping at straws here, but does it only happen when two users are
> accessing the file at the same time and then only to the second user?
> >
> > It happens at ALL times when someone else tries to use the UPDDTA
> > program on the file.  Whether anyone else is in it or not.  I have not
> ever
> > gotten another user to successfully browse the file using UPDDTA.
> Although
> > I have really only tried 2 so far, myself and the other user.  And
> creating a new
> > account.
> >
> > > Are you using the standard error message file, or has someone overridden
> it somehow to a different message?
> >
> > Yes, standard error message files.
> >
> > > Is the file level check no?
> >
> > Not sure where to look for that, but it does have a Format Level
> Identifier
> > that is not 0 (as I understand it, with level check *no the Format Level
> > Identifier is 0).
> >
> > > Is it damaged ?
> >
> > Not that I have found.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Jim Langston
> >
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