Microsoft KB Archive/148583

= Microsoft Knowledge Base =

ACC95:Understanding Jet Locking Paper & LDBview Available on MSL
Last reviewed: October 21, 1997

Article ID: Q148583

The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Access version 7.0

SUMMARY
Advanced: Requires expert coding, interoperability, and multiuser skills.

The JETLOCK.EXE file contains the "Understanding Jet Locking" white paper as well as the LDBView utility and the new MSLDBUsr.DLL. The purpose of this paper is to introduce you to the Microsoft Jet Database Engine versions 2.x and 3.0 locking techniques so that you can apply the information to coding and debugging techniques when developing multiuser applications.

NOTE: To obtain the DBLOCK utility, used to determine what types of locks the Microsoft Jet database engine is placing, what page types are being locked, and what tables are associated with those pages, please see the following article here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: Q148584 TITLE:     ACC95: DBLOCK Utility Available on MSL

~ JETLOCK.EXE

is available for download from the Microsoft Software Library. It  contains the following files:

JETLOCK DOC LDBVIEW EXE LDB700  MDB LDBUSER BAS LDBUSER FRM LDBUSER VBP LDBVIEW FRM MSLDBUSR DLL For more information about downloading files from the Microsoft Software Library, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: Q119591 TITLE    : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services