Synchronization failed - Could not update; currently locked

[HFloyd]

Hello,

I am working on a replicated database for a client located out of state. And have come upon a troubling error.

The database is split (data/front end) and only the data part is replicated. The server situation is this: the client has the data "hub" replica located on a shared network drive. Individual workstations (My Docs folder) have their own Data replica, and the other files for the front end (FrontEnd.mdb, icon file, some dlls in a "Dependencies" folder, etc). Each personal Data MDB synchronizes with the "HUB."

Recently I had to make some changes to the Data file (adding some tables/fields). I sent my HUBUpdate.mdb replica file to the client and instructed her to copy it to the shared network folder, open it, and go to Tools > Synchronize Now... and Browse to their HUB database to synchronize the table/field changes over to their working data file.

She is getting an error message like this:

Synchronization between replica working Hub replica path and replica Hub Update replica path failed.

Could not update; currently locked.

She assures me that no one has either database file open (other than when she opened it to initiate synchronization), and she doesn't see any *.ldb files in the folder which would indicate that the database is open.

Does anyone have any thoughts about this issue?
Thanks!
Heather

Floyd Innovations

http://www.floydinnovations.com

 

[wendyp]

I haven't worked too much with synchronization, but off the top of my head, if the hub is at the client, then it is probably the "Design Master" - the only place that changes to the tables, etc. can be made and replicated.

 

[HFloyd]

Dear Wendy P,

I have the Design Master here, the "HUB" is just a replica that I named "HUB" so that the client wouldn't get confused when I sent over files.

Floyd Innovations

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