Re: Locking

Posted in 1995

Spokey the Wheeler — Sat, 23 Sep 1995 11:35:39 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

In article: <43ujg0$7uf$1@mhafn.production.compuserve.com> Stanley Katzenstein <75442.2115@CompuServe.COM> writes: > > I am working in Informix V4 SE. The error occurs within a > PowerBuilder application. My problem is that I can't delete a row > from a table. The error I get is -263 with ISAM -107. Could not > lock row for UPDATE. I am not sure how to resolve this problem. > > When in ISQL on UNIX I get a message that the row is currently in > use by another user. Errrm, I seem to recall that this implies index corruption (if my memory isn't failing me like my sense of homour!) Try a bcheck -y on the affected tables. HTH, Spokey the Wheeler------------------------------------------------------------- "Billy Boy" - das aufregend andere kondom! Carter - the Unstoppable Sex Machine / Wheeler - the Unstoppable Mail Machine!