Lorne,
....and the winner of this year's "What the heck is happening with DBA, Novell, XP Award is...", or better put, why the heck can't people leave well enough alone, award, would be you.
Thank you VERY MUCH!!
Oh, THANK YOU to Lynn too... who walked me through some of the more "basic" elements that I had forgotten over the years.
I'd also like to thank our "ex" IT guy who stopped by yesterday afternoon for a brief chat and who was pressed into service to actually FIX the darn'd thing!!
Novell Client 4.90 does NOT LIKE PERVASIVE, or Pervasive does not like it.
Novell Client 4.83 is OK with it.
Can anyone spell "backwards compatability" ???
Everything else we have on the server works just fine with 4.9, nothing else hickups or burps.
Point 2,3, or maybe even 4... KILL ALL "IT" PEOPLE!!!! He redeamed himself by actually getting things to work, but he had left a copy of the Pervasive "engine" in the upgrade / update area appearing as a "client". He remembered it, but I had no way of knowing what he had done. Oh...and that may not "technically" be correct, but he did say..."Don't use the stuff in THAT directory, I left it there by accident...".
Also... one computer required the splash screen to be turned off, the other one did not. Go figure.
So, all is well in Vaudville, again these days... at least until tomorrow morning when I ask my next question!
Thanks again!!