Multiple client access to local NAV database

mjrogers

I'm not sure if this is just my environement but with NAV 5.0 SP1 I can access the same local database with multiple clients. Usually (and with 5.0 this is still true) you receive a "database in use" error message.

Can anyone confirm this?

kine

Yes, I tested, and it is working. If I open database file directly with two clients on same PC, it is working and I can change the data and the changes are visible in the second client. It seems that the client is using shared DBMS library to access the database (tested on NAV 5.00SP1).

mjrogers

Bang goes the license model

kine

But I did not tested to connect to the file from two different PCs...

mjrogers

Ah, the number of users allowed to access is still checked (so with Cronus license you can access the database twice).

Very useful for doing demo's without networked PC's or SQL running... and for training in multiple languages...

kine

It is working as in older versions when opening the database from different PC (file is already used), and same when you want to open another native DB from same copy of NAV client on one PC.

It means, you can open same database more times on one PC without using DB server, nothing more or less...

garak

Thats work since 4.00