Re: Quick detection of locked records -- RPG400-L

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Subject: Re: Quick detection of locked records
From: Terrence Enger <tenger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:53:43 -0400
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James,

I think you want OVRDBF WAITRCD() before you open the file. The
WAITRCD() parameter specifies the number of seconds that your program
will wait for a record.

Cheers,
Terry.

On Tue, 2008-07-08 at 16:30 -0800, James Lampert wrote:

I've already determined that %ERROR = true and %STATUS(filename) = 1218
will tell me that the record I'm attempting to CHAIN to is locked.

But is there a way to shorten the wait?

--
James H. H. Lampert
Touchtone Corporation

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