so here's a wierd one

[Steve Emmerson]

Tyler,

> I'm not using PRIMARY and ALTERNATE..I was not aware of their use.

Don't use them.  They were rendered obsolete by the addition of the 
autoshifting feature in LDM 6.4.  Beginning with that version, the 
appearance of those keywords in the LDM configuration-file is simply 
ignored.  Instead, the first entry in the configuration-file for a given 
feedtype and pattern will be the initial PRIMARY-mode connection and all 
other REQUEST entries with the same feedtype and pattern will initially 
result in an ALTERNATE-mode connection.  The resultant downstream LDM 
processes will then automatically adjust their transfer modes depending 
on their success at inserting products into the queue.

If you want a permanent PRIMARY-mode connection, then you have to ensure 
that the feedtype and pattern of that REQUEST entry is unique.

Regards,
Steve Emmerson