This is the error I am getting.

CGI ERROR
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Error Message : fatal error: flock() unimplemented on this platform at auth.pl line 144.

Script Location : c:/inetpub/wwwroot/cgi-bin/dbman/db.cgi
Perl Version : 5.006
Setup File : default.cfg
Session ID : admin.96778300644220


Can anyone give me some advice on this?

Thanks,

Mike

If you are using Windows 9.x server, then flock does not work as stated in the following instructions in the default.cfg file:



It won't work in Windows 98 either. Only Windows NT, Linux, Unix, and other servers, but NOT Windoz 9.x. I am not sure about Windows 2000...yet its OS configurations are quite similar to Windows NT, its closest cousin, so I assume that it will work in that as well.

Regards,

Eliot Lee

What exactly is "flock"? How can I disable it so i can get past this?

Any clue? Thanks for the quick reply.

Mike

Flock is a method of locking files during writing periods, so that the files will not become corrupted with multiple authors accessing the same records.

Official Definition:

And to disable it, you turn off the $db_use_flock variable in the default.cfg near the text that I provided you before, like the following:



0 = OFF
1 = ON

Regards,

Eliot Lee

Thanks man, got it to work. Appreciate the help.

Mike

You're welcome....

BTW: There are many Threads in this forum and the rest of the support forums that discuss flock.

Regards,

Eliot Lee