RE: Multi user programming?

[Joe Giusto <JGiusto@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

For speed, you could override the database file to wait(0) and test for
record lock and send a message to the user to try again later.  This way,
you would not have the program hang for 2 minutes (default wait time) trying
to get the lock.  I have a program that actually will tell the user who is
locking up the record so they can call or go to the other user's screen (the
one on the 4 hour lunch/meeting) and free up the record.

Joe Giusto II
Patuxent Publishing Company
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Columbia, MD 21044
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-----Original Message-----
From:   James W. Kilgore [SMTP:qappdsn@attglobal.net]
Sent:   Thursday, July 13, 2000 10:52 AM
To:     RPG400-L@midrange.com
Subject:        Re: Multi user programming?

Raja,

Only one person can lock a record and all others must wait.

The best thing to do would be to test for a lock and send a message to the
second
user.

Raja Rajendren wrote:

> Suppose I'm running a program which is used to edit a record.  Now let us
say
> I'm in edit mode, editing a record.  And when I try to run the same
program in
> one more terminal and try to edit the same record, which is already used
by
> one more user, the system shows blank screen with "X" at the bottom.  How
to
> rectify this problem.  How do the network programming works.  How to lock
and
> unlock the records.
>
> Can u help me in this regards,
>
> Rajendren K. G.
> TMSI. INDIA.
>

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