LOCK in Qdesign

[Chris Sharman]

You don't state your PH version or OS.
I work on VMS, and I don't believe lock file works there: lock record works,
and uses the 'normal' file system locking. Lock file is a Cognos creation
though, and I can't see that it works properly across different user groups.

The solution (for VMS users) is never to use lock file, or DALOCK.OBJ, but
just to use lock record. This is obviously an OS dependent area, though, and
I can't advise on what's best on other platforms.

Chris


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Esh I [mailto:esh78@rediffmail.com]
> Sent: 03 March 2003 12:43
> To: powerh-l@lists.swau.edu
> Subject: LOCK in Qdesign
>
>
> I have used the LOCK FILE <filename> statement in my update
> procedure to
> to ensure that the stmts between the LOCK & UNLOCK are not
> performed
> concurrently when the code is run by multiple users. This doesn't
> seem
> to work. The subfile i intend to lock is a sequential one with
> only one
> record declared as a designer file. Kindly help.
>
> -Esh
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