RE: Please refresh my memory: can I, in RPG, have a file read fail immediately and recoverably on a locked record?

I do not have programs with this code but we did in the past (thankfully they are gone) but have you looked at Halt Indicators (H1-H9)?

-Matt


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From: RPG400-L [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of James H. H. Lampert
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Subject: Re: Please refresh my memory: can I, in RPG, have a file read fail immediately and recoverably on a locked record?

On 5/8/19, 9:57 AM, Carel wrote:

Error indicator on the READ?

. . . Or an (E) extender

Except (1) I'd rather leave it as a Cycle program, with the file being run through as a Primary File, than convert it to use an explicit READ, and (2) the lock wait timeout is still quite long, whereas (because it's a low-priority update) I want it to fail immediately and move on to the next record.

It appears that I could take care of (2) by wrapping the RPG program in a CL program with an OVRDBF WAITRCD(*IMMED), but is there some other way that's simply slipped my mind?

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