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  • Subject: Re: Passing ownership of object locks?
  • From: "James W. Kilgore" <qappdsn@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 03 Dec 1997 11:33:29 +0000
  • Organization: Progressive Data Systems, Inc.



Stephen Hunt wrote:

> <SNIP>
>
> However, the lock on the data area needs to be maintained until the batch
> job has finished.  Even though the submitted job re-locks the data area,
> this action could be delayed if it gets queued up behind other jobs, and
> someone else could obtain the lock on the data area.
>

If you want to use locked data areas (as opposed to data areas with specific
contents) it sounds like you'll need some kind of manager program which can
receive lock requests, provide feed back, etc.  This job would hold the locks
independent of the requesting job.  Could be part of the subsystem startup.

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