topic Why does performing a join in one file GDB lock access to ALL local file GDBs? in Geoprocessing Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/why-does-performing-a-join-in-one-file-gdb-lock/m-p/52808#M1818 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Performing a join in ArcMap with one file geodatabase, but NO geodatabase can be opened in any ArcMap session while it is happening. Why does this happen? It happens frequently and is killing my productivity. </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Killed the join process and magically I can open all the geodatabases I want in other sessions.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>What is happening, and how can I make it stop happening?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 17 Jul 2012 01:33:15 GMT HarryBowman 2012-07-17T01:33:15Z Why does performing a join in one file GDB lock access to ALL local file GDBs? https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/why-does-performing-a-join-in-one-file-gdb-lock/m-p/52808#M1818 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>Performing a join in ArcMap with one file geodatabase, but NO geodatabase can be opened in any ArcMap session while it is happening. Why does this happen? It happens frequently and is killing my productivity. </SPAN><BR /><SPAN>Killed the join process and magically I can open all the geodatabases I want in other sessions.</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>What is happening, and how can I make it stop happening?</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Tue, 17 Jul 2012 01:33:15 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/geoprocessing-questions/why-does-performing-a-join-in-one-file-gdb-lock/m-p/52808#M1818 HarryBowman 2012-07-17T01:33:15Z