Re: lock during update

[Glenn Holmer <gholmer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Gary L Peskin wrote:

> 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()

Yes, thanks, that makes it clear.

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