Re: Preventing Record lock for Subfile being loaded

Hi Bill,

For ILE RPG, use CHAIN(N) or READ(N) as the opcode.

Regards,
Peter Dow
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----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Graziano <Bill.Graziano@besi.com>
To: <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Friday, October 22, 1999 6:35 AM
Subject: Preventing Record lock for Subfile being loaded


> I was looking at an RPG/400 example for a subfile program which UPDATES a
> file. In the example, an "N" was placed in the H/P/N column to indicate
that
> the Read statement not lock the record while the subfile was being loaded
> for display. I realize that there is no reason to lock the file until the
> update is going to be performed. However, I have also looked at RPGIV
> examples in which this was not indicated.
>
> Is this common practice while loading subfiles before the update is
> executed?
>
> What is the RPGIV equivalent of this example?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Bill Graziano
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