RE: How to unlock a record in an interactive job after 'x' amount of time has passed

[CWilt@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

Should have been more specific....

WAITRCD on the database file won't help.

WAITRCD on the DISPLAY file will allow the program locking the record to
time out.

Charles


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wilt, Charles 
> Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 10:31 AM
> To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: How to unlock a record in an interactive job 
> after 'x' amount of time has passed
> 
> 
> Mike,
> 
> That doesn't help him.
> 
> He wants to be able to unlock the record from the program locking it.
> 
> WAITRCD affects how long some other program will wait for a 
> locked record.
> It has no effect on the program locking the record.
> 
> Charles
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mike Barton [mailto:Mike.Barton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 10:11 AM
> > To: RPG programming on the AS400/iSeries
> > Subject: Re: How to unlock a record in an interactive job 
> > after 'x' amount of time has passed
> > 
> > 
> > >Is there a way from a RPGLE interactive program to track how 
> > long it has a
> > >record locked in update and after a certain amount of time 
> > has elapsed,
> > >gracefully unlock the record. Then the interactive program 
> > would show some
> > >info message to inform the User that they will need to retrieve the
> > >transaction again.
> > 
> > Andy
> >        the WAITRCD attribute on a database file detrmines
> > how long the program will wait until a CPF message is returned 
> > to your program. 
> > The default is 60 seconds (but can be changed / temporarily 
> > overridden).
> > 
> > By monitoring for the error and counting the number of times
> > you can determine the length of time.
> > 
> > HTH
> > 
> > Mike 
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