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    #1

    "Could not open table" error

    When I try to pack one of my tables after deleting records I get the error: "Could not open table"

    I've confirmed that no forms are open and have restarted... suggestions?
    Kim Dickerman
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    Re: "Could not open table" error

    sounds like a corrupt table. Create a new table and append the data from the old table and give it a try.

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      Re: "Could not open table" error

      Kim, while Robert may be correct a table may be open even though all forms have been closed. A less drastic approach would be to approach the issue in steps.

      a) run a5_forceclosetables() from the interactive window. Try packing, if fails go to step b
      b) close and re-open the database. Try packing. If fails go to step c
      c) close Alpha Five, re-start, then re-open database. Try packing. If fails go to step d
      d) reboot your machine, start alpha five, re-open the database, try packing. If fails go to step e
      e) move the data to a new table, per Robert's suggestion

      If this problem occurs regularly then you should spend some time trying to figure out why it's happening. A common cause is failing to actually close a form that's been opened as DIALOG. The system menu ('X') and form close action scripts can't properly close these types of forms. As explained in the helps the script that opens these forms must close them.

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        #4
        Re: "Could not open table" error

        Thanks Robert and Tom,
        On your suggestion about using a5_forceclosetables(), to execute, (remember that I am still not even smart enough to be considered half a moron!)

        From the control panel, with all windows closed, I open the interactive window and insert a5_forceclosetables() and by pressing enter it runs? I don' t have to direct it to a form name or anything else?

        Your comment, "As explained in the helps the script that opens these forms must close them. "

        I've used the action scripting method to define the OnPush event for the button that is used to call this form and sort by matching record... Is this the script that is responsible for closing it? I've viewed that code and there is no :formname.close at the end of the code, only end if.

        Lastly, if the table is corrupt and I replace it, I will then be required to redefine the set, reassign the form, and redefine all fields/browses on the form - correct?
        Kim Dickerman

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          #5
          Re: "Could not open table" error

          insert a5_forceclosetables() and by pressing enter it runs? I don' t have to direct it to a form name or anything else?
          Correct. a5_forceclosetables() forces the closure of all tables. No parameters needed.

          Lastly, if the table is corrupt and I replace it, I will then be required to redefine the set, reassign the form, and redefine all fields/browses on the form - correct?
          If you duplicate the table and choose copy the data dictionalries, or copy the data to another table and copy the layouts to the new table, you need only remove the old table from the set definition and replace it with the new table.
          There can be only one.

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            #6
            Re: "Could not open table" error

            Thanks for the confirmation... Looks like I will be replacing a table!
            Kim Dickerman

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              #7
              Re: "Could not open table" error

              Make sure that you take Stan's advice about duplicating the table/set to a new name and see if the problem persists in the new table/set.

              Sometimes that will clear up issues...
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                #8
                Re: "Could not open table" error

                You also didn't indicate whether or not you are working on a network. If anyone else had the table open, that would also cause the problem.

                The following applies to any system - 1 computer or networked computers....

                NOTE: Just because you can't see the table open on a machine - or even Alpha open on a machine - doesn't mean it isn't open. The only real way to find out if all copies of Alpha are closed is to open the Task Manager and go to the Processes tab. (The Applications tab is NOT adequate for this check.) If there is an Alpha5.exe process running, then A5 is open. There may have been some form of crash/error that is causing it to remain open even though it can't be seen anywhere on the desktop or in the Applications tab of the Task Manager. If there are no copies of A5 open on the desktop, highlight Alpha5.exe and click the End Process button to kill it.

                Of course, shutting down all computers - including the server - will accomplish the same thing.

                SERVER NOTE: I've seen situations where every workstation was shut down but not the server and, even though there were no Alpha5.exe processes running on the server, something "recreated" the link to a table when the workstation was restarted. Unless you have a network expert who knows how to "break" such links (and don't call me, I have no idea how to do it), the best bet seems to be to shut down every workstation AND the server at the same time, restart the server first, THEN restart the workstation(s).

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                  #9
                  Re: "Could not open table" error

                  Cal,
                  Great feedback, I am currently a single user but will be deploying later. Nothing is showing up in the processes tab.
                  Kim Dickerman

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