Re: Record lock question: WAITRCD override or loop w/ nn retries?

I’m reviewing an old RPGLE batch program that has logic to retry a CHAIN on
an update file whenever the CHAIN fails because the record is locked by
another job. It uses a loop to wait 20 seconds and retry the CHAIN, and it
loops ten times. And I’m left wondering why one wouldn’t just override the
WAITRCD value for the file before opening it. We use the system default
WAITRCD(60), so the logic currently waits 80 seconds in total (60+20)
between each attempt, and gives up after 800 seconds. Is there a good
reason why overriding with WAITRCD(800) and doing away with the current
loop logic wouldn’t be a better option? I’m going to guess that the
original developer wasn’t aware of files’ WAITRCD attribute.

(And, yes, the logic does process the error after exiting the loop.)

- Dan