Re: Exclusive locks at the record level?

"RPG400-L" <rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 10/18/2018 06:29:09
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Re: Exclusive locks at the record level?

On Thu, 18 Oct 2018 at 01:14, Roger Harman <roger.harman@xxxxxxxxxxx>

wrote:

Another process trying to read that record will wait until the

timeout (WAITRCD value on the file) and then throw a message. Of
course, you can monitor for that in the program.

Amplifying Roger's comment, I don't believe there is a 'read next
unlocked' operation in RPG RLA.

From the RPG Reference:

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If the file from which you are reading is an update disk file, you can
specify an N operation extender to
indicate that no lock should be placed on the record when it is read. See
the Rational Development Studio
for i: ILE RPG Programmer's Guide for more information.

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Michael Quigley
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