We have an Access 2000 *.mdb front end linked to a SQL Server 7 backend. Lately, we are having lots of problems with SQL server process being locked by other processes. The processes that are locking the others are Snapshot Select statements, left default which I believe are read only?!?! We cannot for the life of us figure out why these Select statements are locking others. We fixed one area by closing a recordset, but it happens all over the place (also strange...it didn't use to!?). Still, why would a Select lock records?