Re: Blocked records

[watern@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Paul,

I am assuming you mean locked records, not blocked records.

The length of time that a program waits for a locked record is set on the 
WAITRCD parameter of the database file.

The default for this on the CRTPF and CRTLF commands is normally 60 seconds, 
hence your one-minute wait time.

You can change the value for existing files with the CHGPF or CHGLF commands.  
You can also use the OVRDBF command to temporarily apply special values for 
special procedures/jobs. 

Your program can retrieve the details of the job/user locking the record and 
send this information to the display or joblog if required. (I dont have the 
details to hand, but am sure I have used the pgm status datastructure to do 
this in the past)

hth
Nigel



Paul wrote....

When a program tries to read a record that is blocked, it waits a minute
and then gives an error message.  Is there a way to get the error
inmediatly, and under my program's control, so I can notify the user in
a easier to understand (for them) message?

Thanks.
--
  Raul A. Jager W.
Asuncion - Paraguay



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