I take your point - the more I use the Delphi database stuff the more I question the advisability of doing it this way.
That said we haven't noticed any problems with multiple access. Users are usually entering data to different tables of the database, whereas many users are browsing the entire...
The client uses Windows 98 with TCP/IP as the network protocol. If I ping the server with the cable unplugged I get 'Request timed out' (four tries). Ping works with the cable plugged in
Pat
At the moment I am using a second workstation to look at the problem but with the same result. We may well have a problem with the network/network cards but I am reproducing the problem by simply unplugging the network cable from the wall socket. If I do ths then I get no indication (message...
I am now using the TDatabase component as suggested so that all transactions should go via this component. However the problem remains. If I use the TDatabase component how do I protect against server disconnects?
We are running lifetests using an application written in Delphi 5 which uses BDE to save data to Paradox tables held on a server.
If the connection to the server is lost or the server goes down then the application locks up requiring a reboot.
I have tried enclosing the code that writes data...
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