Re: SQL Record Lock Question

[Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

A record stays locked as long as the process that locked it.  Sometimes 
this will happen when a user displays a record to update it and then 
goes to lunch.  Its a real irritation.

However if the record is locked, the changes made, and the record 
unlocked, then the next program can read it.  This is usually pretty fast.

So....  why is the record staying locked?  Is it user inspired delays? 
Solve that problem first, and then your problem will probably go away.



Nick W. Mart wrote:
> With the help of several old posts, I have been able to get a record lock
> when trying to update a record. Thanks to the list members for that.
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> However, I have not been able to find how to handle when another user tries
> to update this same record. So far, the program seems to hang when it
> attempts to select the record for update. I attempted to use a "whenever
> sqlerror goto recordlock" statement. However, that did not seem to work.
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> Any and all suggestions would be welcome. Thank you in advance.
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> Nick W. Mart
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