Problem: cannot drop database.

Posted in 1996

Mark Oberfield — Thu, 21 Mar 1996 19:57:37 +0000 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

While doing spring cleaning this afternoon, I have run into the following problem in dropping an old database as user INFORMIX: SQLCODE = -214: Cannot remove file for table (). The ISAM code is -106 ISAM message: ISAM error: non-exclusive access. I have dropped all of its tables, so the database is empty. SYSTABLES show no tabid > 100 and no one is attached to the database. The Online Engine is Version 5.03.UC1. Is this database going to be a "tar baby"? What have I overlooked? mgo