Error message when you select a contract or when you select a project in Microsoft Dynamics GP: "This Contract is being used by another user" or "This Project is being used by another user"

To have us fix this problem for you, go to the "Fix it for me" section. To fix this problem yourself, go to the "Let me fix it myself" section.

Fix it for me

To fix this problem automatically, have all users exit Microsoft Dynamics GP, and then click the Fix this problem button or link. Click Run in the File Download dialog box, and then follow the steps in the Fix it wizard.

Note this wizard may be in English only; however, the automatic fix also works for other language versions of Windows.

Note if you are not on the computer that has the problem, save the Fix it solution to a flash drive or a CD and then run it on the computer that has the problem.

Let me fix it myself

Note Before you follow the instructions in this article, make sure that you have a complete backup copy of the database that you can restore if a problem occurs.

To resolve this problem yourself, follow these steps:

1. Have all users exit Microsoft Dynamics GP.
2. Select a contract, or select a project.
3. If you still receive one of the error messages that is mentioned in the "Symptoms" section, remove the invalid record from the PA000001 table. To do this, follow these steps:
   
   1. Back up the company database.
   2. Open one of the following query tools, depending on the version of Microsoft SQL Server that you are using:
      
      • SQL Query Analyzer
      • SQL Server Management Studio
      • Support Administrator Console
   3. Run the following statement against the company database.
      
      

      Select * from PA000001

      Note The PA000001 table works as an activity table. Therefore, if no user is in the system, you do not expect any records to exist in this table. If a record still exists in this table, the record is an invalid record.
   4. Run the following statement against the company database to remove the invalid record from the PA000001 table.
      
      

      Delete PA000001