PowerHouse activity

[Robert Deskin]

It’s the STOPLOG verb to complete the IMAGE transaction.

Bob

> On Aug 10, 2021, at 4:16 PM, o.kappert at qc.aibn.com wrote:
> 
> The startlog should come before the lock as the lock may be critical for the complete transaction.  There should also be a endlog(?) to complete the transaction block.  The same is true in COBOL programming too !
> 
> Olav.
> 
> 
> 
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>   From: byrnejb at harte-lyne.ca
>   To: powerh-l at lists.sowder.com
>   Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2021 2:12 PM
>   Subject: PowerHouse activity
> 
>         I am revisiting some very old Quick code and I have a question every now and
> then which I hope to bounce off someone else; who knows PowerHouse.
> 
> PowerHouse here is 8.39 running on MPE/iX 7.5pp5+?? and using Image plus a few
> KSAM files.
> 
> In one of the older programs I am looking at I see this construct
> 
> ROCEDURE UPDATE
> BEGIN
> STARTLOG TRANSACTIONS
> LOCK TRANSACTIONS FILE, TRANACCT FILE, TRANDETL FILE,              &
>      WORK-ACCT FILE, DISBURSEMENT FILE, ITEM-DISB FILE, ITEMS FILE,&
>      DISB-ACCT FILE, ACCOUNTS FILE, REVENUE FILE
> PUT NOTDELETED TRANSACTIONS
> . . .
> 
> In another I see this:
> 
> PROCEDURE UPDATE
>   BEGIN
>     LOCK ACCOUNTS FILE , GL-ACRU FILE , REQUISITIONS FILE ,        &
>          REVENUE FILE , TRANACCT-IN FILE , TRANDETL FILE ,         &
>          TRANSACTIONS-IN FILE
> ;# Fetch and calculate accrued work-in-progress update immediately before PUT.
>     DO INTERNAL ACCRUED-COST
> ;# Despite its name STARTLOG actually begins a transaction block.
>     STARTLOG ACCOUNTS
> . . .
> 
> Is there any significance in having the STARTLOG occur before the LOCK?
> 
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