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  • Subject: Re: AS/400 equivalent to S/36 // IF AC
  • From: Larry Bolhuis <lbolhui@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 00:23:29 -0400
  • Organization: Arbor Solutions, Inc

Tim Truax wrote:
> 
> You may try a data area.  Put something in it when your job is active then 
>remove
> it when it is done.  This way you can test the data area and if the job is 
>active
> the data area will have the tag you put in it, otherwise not.
> HTH

  Carefull with this approach.  If the job ends abnormally the flag
stays up!

  See my previous reply for a slighly different approach using Object
Locks. (No matter how the job ends the locks go away)

  Larry Bolhuis
  Arbor Solutions, inc
  lbolhui@ibm.net

> ----
> Tim & Dana Truax... and Caleb 4 years old.
> 
> bmegenity@ruskin.com wrote:
> 
> > Would someone please tell what the AS/400 equivalent to the System/36
> >     // IF ACTIVE   command?
> 
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