Re: refdbd error: "Cannot lock tables"

Markus Hoenicka <[email protected]> Mon, 27 Jul 2009 10:56:00 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.text.refdb.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Quoting Torsten Bronger <[email protected]>:

> Hallöchen!
>
> I fail to pick references to a references list.  refdbd responds
> with "228: cannot lock tables", and the log ends with the attached
> messages.  Is there a remedy or do I have to reset the database?
>
[...]

> pickref -b  -d biblio -E utf-8 -u drefdbuser1 -w ******* 6

Does it help to specify the listname with the -b option? Otherwise  
refdbd doesn't know which list to use, and probably gets confused.

regards,
Markus

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