File Geodatabase Problem(s)

[SteveMlinarich]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but one of the advantages of File Geodatabases is that it can be edited while another user is viewing it. However, it has been my experience that this isn't the case all the time. Sometimes it works fine and other times it will not work properly (randomly). Has anyone else run into this problem? This has been the case in 9.2 and 9.3. Also, on another note certain users locks will hang for months even with regular compacting of the geodatabases. I've searched and searched and have found nothing on the editing/viewing problem and very little on getting the hanging locks fixed. If anyone has any advice, opinions, etc. it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

[DianaTarver]

We currently have one user in our group with database lock issues saving edits, while other users are viewing the data.  There are locking files in the file geodatabase for every user viewing the data.  Viewing data, in my opinion, should not acquire a lock in the database. As with the original post in 2010, this is random, and only happening to one of our eight user databases.   The editor can draw data in an edit session, attribute the feature, and the error only shows up when they go to save their edits.  We are using 10.  Any further developments on a fix for this?