RE: WRKOBJLCK automated API ? -- MIDRANGE-L

But you asked "Why in the world is a record locked for anything more than a
few milliseconds?"  You seem surprised that this kind of code still exists out
there.  Are you?

I agree that programming is the only reasonable answer to this problem, we
have no qualms there.  And I agree with all you've said in your last post.
But, again, you just seemed out of sorts about it and that there was no excuse
for this type of code, even legacy system code, to *exist* today.

- Dan
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  (Whatever is said in Latin seems profound.)

-------------------------- Original Message --------------------------
Mac asked for an approach to fix the problem.  It would require programming
no matter what.  I offered my opinion that record locks were architecturally
unsound.  I don't think there's an argument there.  You can't use corporate
philosophy to measure the strength of a design. Corporate policy does NOT
dictate good architecture - it simply decrees whether or not a good
architecture is economically viable.

As to the realities of whether a given approach is economically feasible or
not, that's an issue to be taken up in each individual instance.  There's
always a way to justify bad programing practices.  I just try to make sure
that people realize that they ARE bad practices, and that there are
alternatives.

When management says, "program it this way," I like to give programmers the
ability to say, "that's bad programming," and be able to back it up.  I
recognize reality hurts sometimes, but it's better to have the facts.

Joe


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
> [mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of D.BALE@handleman.com
> Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 1:25 PM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: RE: WRKOBJLCK automated API ?
>
>
> With all due respect, Joe, the *USE* of the methods you describe
> are clearly
> the exception rather than the rule in the real world.  Whereas,
> most of us are
> smart to handle the record locking issues now for any new
> development, what
> *reasonably* can be done for all the legacy code out there that
> was written
> without the benefit of our superior wisdom?
>
> In some cases it may come down to: "You want to spend HOW much
> money to fix
> something that occurs a few times a year/month/week/day?  Just
> tell the users
> to never leave their desk without the menu showing."  Or some such drivel.
>
> Just my .02.
>
> Dan Bale
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