win2k serves & users with expl 6/winXP: db crash

[Harald]

following situation:

since a couple of months a win2k with fmp unlimited is sharing 3 databases - during the last week some users started working with the database logging into the system with winXP/explorer 6 causing the database to crash

after testing to submit or edit records with opera everything works fine and the server keeps on running

general: does an increase of ram on the server side solve this problem (1st suggestion, there are only 128 mb installed)

secondly: is this really a msXP and or an explorer vers 6 specific problem?

harald

[Leb i Sol]

Hello Harald!

My experience with XP really is that the "X" should be accross the whole name . If you like NT based tech. I would suggest, in the future, that you use win2000.

Anyway, I have also noticed that ever since IE 6 came out it had problems.It was "juiced up" for the .NET platform and some ActiveX but the more I use it the more errors in compilation I get [ especially at known-100% functioning sites ].

-Test to see if the user browser is not "tweaked" and has some trust-javascript issues

- I would suggest (if you can) to downgrade to IE 5.5 and see if it helps.

- If you like a good alternative would be, and in my opoinion the most stable versions of, Netscape 4.7-4.9

-RAM = "It is always good idea to have a full tank of gas when running away from the law"

good luck!

[Harald]

thank you leb i sol for your reply,

in addition, the issues - unfortunately - are the following:

1st: time is running and therefore I had to use the built in web interfaces (except the login page...) - perhaps not perfect but I had no time to reprogram user interfaces from scratch...

2nd if users causing those strange crashings on the win2k server are logging in with opera the system is stable - no crash can be observed...

3rd if I host the same db`s on an apple pismo with X.2.4 (I tried this jsut for fun and curiosity) no matter what the users are logging in with (ie explorer 6, XP,...) also the apple system remain stable.

Greetings harald