At first I thought the ldb file was just not releasing, but I've managed to
get everyone out of the DB, delete the ldb so I can have exclusive use and
make some table design changes. But I am very confused by this because I've
been adding, changing and deleting tables in the back end for 2 years now,
with all sorts of users logged in, with nary a problem. Now, I get messages
saying I can't open exclusively, or I can't open a certain table and make
design changes, to try again later when no one else is using the database. I
don't remember ever seeing this message before. What gives? If it's true
that I must have exclusive use of my DB in order to add or change tables,
then when and how is one expected to do design work? I would be most
appreciative if somebody could shed some light on this for me please.

Rip