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Q274211: PRB: Error Msg. 3734 Occurs When You Repeatedly Open & Close MDB

Article: Q274211
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): 6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbDAOsearch kbDatabase kbJET kbVBp600 kbGrpDSVBDB kbDSupport kbDAO360bug kbCodeSnippet
Last Modified: 07-MAY-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows, version 6.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, version 6.0 
- Microsoft Access 2000 
- Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition 
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional 
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SYMPTOMS
========

If you repeatedly open and close a Microsoft Access database (MDB) in a
multiuser situation, the following 3734 run-time error message may occur:

  The database has been placed in a state by user 'Admin' on machine
  'machinename' that prevents it from being opened or locked.

CAUSE
=====

Jet locks a block of 256 bits in the MDB header. Included in this block of bits
are bits that indicate a "passive shutdown", which causes the error message
described in the "Symptoms" section to occur. You may have users that open and
close the MDB file rapidly and the bits are not getting unlocked quickly enough.
When a user tries to open the MDB file, if the program is not able to read the
bits, Jet assumes that the user is in a "passive shutdown" or "admin mode", and
therefore will not let the user open the MDB file.

RESOLUTION
==========

Repeatedly opening and closing a Microsoft Access database is not recommended.
Open the database once at the beginning of the application, and then close the
database at the end of the application.

STATUS
======

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION
================

The 3734 error code is new with Microsoft Access 2000. Jet 4.0 introduces a new
feature called Connection Control. Error 3734, associated with this feature,
normally occurs when you try to open a database if the database is opened
exclusively by another user. Databases are opened exclusively when design
changes are being made. However, no design changes are being made to the
database in this situation when the error occurs.

NOTE: For more information about Connection Control, please refer to the article
listed in the "References" section.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior
---------------------------

1. Open a Standard EXE in Visual Basic.

2. From the Project menu, click References and add a reference to the Microsoft
  DAO 3.6 Object Library.

3. Size the form so that you can run 12 instances of the form on your desktop.

4. Place the following items on a form and name them according to the following
  table:

  +------------------------------------------------------------+
  | Control            | Name         | Caption                | 
  +------------------------------------------------------------+
  | Multiline text box | txtReturn    |                        | 
  +------------------------------------------------------------+
  | Command button     | command1     | Start Test             | 
  +------------------------------------------------------------+
  | Check box          | chkIncludeSN | Use SerialNumber Table | 
  +------------------------------------------------------------+
  | Timer              | timer1       |                        | 
  +------------------------------------------------------------+

5. Set the interval for the timer to 1000.

6. Paste the following code in the code window of the form:

  Option Explicit
  Dim sDatabasePath   As String
  Dim bBypass         As Boolean
  Dim lCounter        As Long
  Private Sub Command1_Click()
      lCounter = 0
      
      Timer1.Enabled = Not Timer1.Enabled
      DoEvents
      
      If Command1.Caption = "Start Test" Then
          Command1.Caption = "End Test"
          txtReturn = ""
          lCounter = 0
      Else
          Command1.Caption = "Start Test"
      End If
  End Sub

  Private Sub Form_Load()
      Dim db As DAO.Database
      On Error GoTo ErrorOut
      
      
      If Len(Trim$(sDatabasePath)) = 0 Then sDatabasePath = App.Path & "\NWIND40.MDB"
      If Dir$(sDatabasePath) = "" Then
            MsgBox "Cannot locate the NWIND.MDB database in the path." & vbCr & vbCr & "Cannot continue!", 0 + 16
          End
      End If

      Set db = Workspaces(0).OpenDatabase(sDatabasePath, False, False, ";pwd=admin")
      On Error Resume Next 'in case there is no table to delete
      db.Execute "drop table serialnumber"
      On Error GoTo 0 'turn off above ON ERROR command
      db.Execute "create table serialnumber (sn number)"
      db.Execute "insert into serialnumber (sn) values (1)"
      
      db.Close
      Set db = Nothing
      
      Timer1.Enabled = False
      
      Exit Sub
      
  ErrorOut:
      MsgBox Err & vbCr & Error
      End
      
  End Sub
  Private Sub Timer1_Timer()
      Dim db              As Database
      Dim RS              As Recordset
      
      Dim sSQL            As String
      
      On Error GoTo ErrorOut
       
      If Len(Trim$(sDatabasePath)) = 0 Then sDatabasePath = App.Path & "\NWIND40.MDB"
      If Dir$(sDatabasePath) = "" Then
          MsgBox "Cannot locate the NWIND.MDB database in the path." & vbCr & vbCr & "Cannot continue!", 0 + 16
          End
      End If

      Set db = Workspaces(0).OpenDatabase(sDatabasePath, False, False, ";pwd=admin")
      
      lCounter = lCounter + 1
      Me.Caption = "Database Volume Simulator (" & CStr(lCounter) & ")"
      DoEvents
          
      If chkIncludeSN.Value = 1 Then
          sSQL = "SELECT * FROM [SERIALNUMBER]"
          
          Set RS = db.OpenRecordset(sSQL, dbOpenDynaset)
          
          RS.LockEdits = True
          DBEngine.Idle dbRefreshCache
          
          RS.Edit
          RS![sn] = RS![sn] + 1
          lCounter = RS![sn]
          RS.Update
          
          RS.Close
      End If
      
      sSQL = "SELECT * FROM [CUSTOMERS] "
      
      Set RS = db.OpenRecordset(sSQL, dbOpenDynaset)
          
      RS.LockEdits = True
      DBEngine.Idle dbRefreshCache
      
    
      If RS.RecordCount > 0 Then
          RS.Edit
      Else
          RS.AddNew
      End If
      
      
      RS![CompanyName] = "1234567890"
      RS![ContactName] = "asdf"
      RS![contacttitle] = "fgfg"
      RS![Address] = "123 dfgdfgdg"
      RS![City] = "sddfsd"
      RS![Region] = "12"
      RS![PostalCode] = "SDFD"
      RS![country] = "test"
      RS![Phone] = "Ban-Name"
      RS![Fax] = "Ban ddres"
      
     
      RS.Update
      
      RS.Close
      db.Close

      Exit Sub
      
  ErrorOut:
      Me.SetFocus
      DoEvents
      
      txtReturn = txtReturn & CStr(Err) & " - " & Error & Chr$(13) & Chr$(10)
      txtReturn.SelStart = Len(txtReturn)
      DoEvents
      
  End Sub   

7. Create an executable, and then run 12 instances of the form on the desktop.

8. By default, the check box should be selected.

9. Press the Start Test button on each form and you will begin to see that
  errors are returned to the multiline list box.

Most of the error messages will be 3260 errors; however, other locking errors
also appear. After a few minutes you will begin to see the 3734 error messages.

REFERENCES
==========

For additional information, click the article number below to view the article
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q198756 ACC2000: Use Connection Control to Prevent User Log On at Run

Additional query words: error message 3734

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Keywords          : kbDAOsearch kbDatabase kbJET kbVBp600 kbGrpDSVBDB kbDSupport kbDAO360bug kbCodeSnippet 
Technology        : kbWinXPHome kbWinXPPro kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbAccessSearch kbZNotKeyword6 kbAccess2000 kbZNotKeyword2 kbVB600Search kbAccess2000Search kbVB600 kbWinXPProSearch kbWinXPHomeSearch kbWinXPSearch
Version           : :6.0
Issue type        : kbprb

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