I have a multi-user database in Access 2000. The system is set up for pessimistic record locking for security.
There are two key groups of users:
- Finance
- Helpdesk
Each of these have their own tables with their own dedicated fields but there is a third table with information common to both functions (eg customer name). This common information is used for display purposes only on the specific user group screens. Each user group therefore has its own select query which includes all its own fields and customer name from the common table.
I had thought this structure would allow each function to work independantly but one group of users still locks out the other, I suppose through the common table. Is there a way round this other than duplicating the common information onto the dedicated tables so that each group of users is entirely independant of the other?.
There are two key groups of users:
- Finance
- Helpdesk
Each of these have their own tables with their own dedicated fields but there is a third table with information common to both functions (eg customer name). This common information is used for display purposes only on the specific user group screens. Each user group therefore has its own select query which includes all its own fields and customer name from the common table.
I had thought this structure would allow each function to work independantly but one group of users still locks out the other, I suppose through the common table. Is there a way round this other than duplicating the common information onto the dedicated tables so that each group of users is entirely independant of the other?.
