RE: Multiple Jobs reading from same data queue-who's turn is it?

The job having the highest job run priority will get entries before any
other job waiting against the same data queue (i.e. a job having a run
priority of 18 will get entries before jobs having run priority 20).
This feature can also be useful especially if you want to test or debug
and need to know exactly which job will get the next data queue entry,
if more jobs are active at the same time.

-Carsten

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alan Campin
Sent: 12. marts 2009 18:18
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Multiple Jobs reading from same data queue-who's turn is
it?

Just went through this. Wrote a test program to prove it.

Given 3 jobs running. A B C requests will always be processed A B C.
Based on which job gets to the queue first.

What I wanted was A to always get the request if it was available but it
doesn't work that way. Even if A is available B will be the next one to
get the work and then C and back to A. That order could change based on
how long a request took a job. I wanted a way to keep A as busy as
possible but could find no way to make it happen.
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