Re: need ALCOBJ type lock released when program ends

[Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>]

yep ALCOBJ doesn't support SCOPE(*ACTGRP)  like OVRDBF does...

Charles

On Wed, May 26, 2021 at 1:37 PM Mark Waterbury <
mark.s.waterbury@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  Rob,
> You are barking up the wrong tree.
> Activation groups have nothing to do with "threads" per se.
> Also, those locks are normally scoped to the *JOB, and not to the
> "activation group."
> Mark S. Waterbury
>     On Wednesday, May 26, 2021, 03:34:44 PM EDT, Rob Berendt <
> rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>  Well another problem is that it could be a five program deep call stack.
> Get's an error and aborts.  Bet money that the user will take the option to
> abort it all the way so that it skips any DLCOBJ in PGMA.  It won't matter
> if the program which died was PGMB, PGMC, PGMD, PME.  Now they are sitting
> fat dumb and happy on their command line but still hold the lock. That's
> why I'd look at the activation group idea.  See if that qualifies as a
> separate thread.
>
> Rob Berendt
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>  Probably better to have PGMA issue:
>     ALCOBJ ...
>     CALL PGMB ...
>     DLCOBJ ...
>
> Usually a good idea to keep the ALCOBJ and DLCOBJ together in the same
> program.
> AFAIK, Activation Groups do not "buy" you anything in this regard, as the
> locks are normally scoped to the *JOB.
> Threads just further complicates the whole picture.
>     On Wednesday, May 26, 2021, 02:37:28 PM EDT, Charles Wilt <
> charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>  So PGMA calls PGMB, and you want PGMB to obtain the lock?
>
> Why not just have PGMA issue DLCOBJ after the call of PGMB?
>
> Charles
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