This is a shot in the dark, but does the Excel user have the same read/write
privileges to the directory the back-end is located in. If not, your Excel
user might have a lock file locally on his drive, preventing other users from
getting to the database.
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Kevin Backmann


"Sharon" wrote:

We have multiple users with a back end database. All users have XP2003
except one just started using Office 2007. 2007 user made a worksheet with
query connections to the back end database. When he is in this spreadsheet
it locks the database. I have never had any problem having queries open with
2003 locking the database. Any answers?