write to file with quick

[Johnson, Tracy]

I didn't know Quiz had write capability outside of subfiles!

BT


Tracy Johnson
MSI Schaevitz Sensors 

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> [mailto:powerh-l-admin@lists.sowder.com]On Behalf Of Pickering, John
> (NORBORD)
> Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 11:43 AM
> To: 'Deskin, Bob'; powerh-l@lists.sowder.com
> Subject: RE: write to file with quick
> 
> 
> I'm certainly no Vax expert so I'll ask what may be a stupid question.
> 
> Is there an open option available to Quick that would force 
> it to open the
> file in the same manner as Quiz? That is, open it with exclusive write
> access as in the case of this app, nothing else wants to read 
> the file while
> it is being created. Then perhaps Quick could approach the times that
> Wilbert Vissers reported.
> 
> Could it be as simple as "file whatever designer open append 
> exclusive" ?
> 
> Regards,
> JWP
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Deskin, Bob [mailto:Bob.Deskin@Cognos.COM]
> Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 10:39 AM
> To: powerh-l@lists.sowder.com
> Subject: RE: write to file with quick
> 
> 
> This is consistent with my understanding of what happens. For direct
> files, we post the end-of-file marker on each write. That's because if
> we don't and the file is shared, the record just written may not be
> available to other users. This would be the case if the records are
> blocked. Normally, the block isn't posted until full or the file is
> closed. This causes additional output to the file. In QUIZ, 
> the file is
> opened for output only and there is no need to do this posting, or any
> locks around the output.
> 
> Bob Deskin              
> Senior Product Manager, Application Development Tools, Cognos Inc.
> bob.deskin@cognos.com (613) 738-1338 ext 7268 FAX: (613) 727-1178
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