Re: SQL Record Lock Question

Nick W. Mart wrote:

Booth,

I totally agree with your point of view. However, our programming group has
decided to put a record lock on any record that is being updated. Therefore,
I still need to find a solution to this situation.

Thanks for your response.

Nick W. Mart
Programmer Analyst
Solutions, Inc.
2311 West 18th Street
PO Box 857
Spencer, IA 51301

712-262-4520 ext. 33

-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Booth Martin
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 2:02 PM
To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: SQL Record Lock Question

A record stays locked as long as the process that locked it. Sometimes this will happen when a user displays a record to update it and then goes to lunch. Its a real irritation.

However if the record is locked, the changes made, and the record unlocked, then the next program can read it. This is usually pretty fast.

So.... why is the record staying locked? Is it user inspired delays? Solve that problem first, and then your problem will probably go away.

Nick W. Mart wrote:

With the help of several old posts, I have been able to get a record lock
when trying to update a record. Thanks to the list members for that.

However, I have not been able to find how to handle when another user

tries

to update this same record. So far, the program seems to hang when it
attempts to select the record for update. I attempted to use a "whenever
sqlerror goto recordlock" statement. However, that did not seem to work.

Any and all suggestions would be welcome. Thank you in advance.

Nick W. Mart

Programmer Analyst

Solutions, Inc.

2311 West 18th Street

PO Box 857

Spencer, IA 51301

712-262-4520  ext. 33