Re: lock during update

Glenn Holmer wrote:
> An RPG programmer in our shop tells me that when you update
> a record, that *record* is automatically locked.  But how do I ensure
> that no one changes the CNVA2 field out from under me between the time
> I read that record and the time I update it?  What the RPG programmer
> explained to me is that when you do a CHAIN, you either update the record
> or release it, but meantime it's yours.  What's the equivalent in Java?
> (Sorry if this isn't clear to AS/400 programmers, I'm mainly a PC guy.)

I think this will answer your question:

http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/pubs/html/as400/v4r5/ic2924/info/java/rzahh/javadoc/com.ibm.as400.access.AS400File.html#isReadNoUpdate()

Gary
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