Record-lock scope question

["Pascal Bellerose" <pascal_bellerose@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I have a problem where I have a program that locks a file for update purposes, 
and then calls a second program that needs to update the same file, same record.

Is it possible to use something like an OVRDBF or whatever that could let the 
second program do his chain/update?

But at the same time, we don't want another job to update the same record.

Right, now we're projecting to use a second file that would be used to manage 
locks but I don'T like that idea and I'm pretty there is something in OS/400 
that does the trick.

All you wizards out there, I summon the mad genius in yourself, and I do beg 
for an answer!

Thanks in advance!

Pascal Bellerose
pascal_bellerose@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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