On 1 Jan 98 09:47am, LEE ARONER wrote to GEORGE FLIGER:
GF> On 29 Dec 97 04:15pm, LEE ARONER wrote to GEORGE FLIGER:
GF> There is a CD you can get direct from Novell that has the latest clients
  > on it for DOS/Win3.x, NT, W95 and Unix.  The W95 client on this CD is
  > v2.2 and doesn't have the problems that v2.11 and 2.12 have so doesn't
  > require any of the fixing up I mentioned above.  If you're a subscriber
  > to Netware Connection you get a copy for free.  If not, you can order it
  > direct from Novell for a nominal fee.
 LA>    AFAIK, the latest version of Client32 still defaults to "ON"
 LA>    for Packet Burst and Opportunistic Locking, which will
 LA>    destroy server files of any application (mostly databases)
 LA>    that make DOS file locking calls across the wire.
GF> If those options are a problem for you you can always adjust them to
  > suit your needs and even turn them off, however, I've not had these
  > server file problems you describe with our inhouse server-based
  > databases.  It sounds to me like you have more of a SHARing problem.
  > Are you utilizing share properly with the appropriate files and locks
  > defined for your database?  Have you attempted to flag all you database
  > files (only the DBs, not the indexes) for Transactional Tracking?
 LA>    The problem is well documented and acknowledged by Novell.
 LA>    They just haven't done anything about it.
I must live a charmed database life.  I've not been subject to these
issues.
George
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