This statement (DATABASE or CREATE DATABASE) requires you to open a different database. However, the current database is located on another computer system, so you must explicitly close it with the CLOSE DATABASE statement. (When you work with databases located on the same computer as your application program, the database server will close the current database for you automatically.) If a program receives this error, review the program logic, and check that it executes a CLOSE DATABASE statement before a [CREATE] DATABASE statement. This solution will work in all situations, networked or local.