Win32.client, DAO.DBEngine and exceeding the file sharing count lock

Tim Golden mail at timgolden.me.uk
Wed Jul 2 10:29:28 EDT 2008


Iain King wrote:
> Hi.  I'm using the win32 module to access an Access database, but I'm
> running into the File Sharing lock count as in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/815281
> The solution I'd like to use is the one where you can temporarily
> override the setting using (if we were in VB):
> 
> DAO.DBEngine.SetOption dbmaxlocksperfile,15000

Really hurried answer:

<code>
import win32com.client

dao = win32com.client.gencache.EnsureDispatch ("DAO.DBEngine.36")
dao.SetOption (Option=win32com.client.constants.dbMaxLocksPerFile, Value=15000)

</code>
TJG



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