Re: Record Lock message

[boothm@xxxxxxx]

While "it depends" is the best answer, I've never cared for solution #1. 
If used at all I am inclined instead to write a busy flag field and deal
with the latent consequences.  My problem with solution #1 is any
sequential processing that may be going on somewhere else.  If a user
locks the record for  AAA Auto Service and then leaves for lunch then the
whole department may be hung up til s/he gets back.  Even if you can
override the person gone to lunch, if the person is your boss, will you
override or wait?


In <8525679F.004F7554.00@s10.genfast.com>, on 06/29/99 
   at 10:27 AM, "Dan Bale" <dbale@genfast.com> said:


>Very well put!  The least painful of these, IMHO, is #1.  Way too many
>things can go wrong for #2 to work reliably.  And ditto your comments on
>#3, "What'cha gonna do if there _was_ a change?".

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