We have found out the hard way that an unintentional empty string record ID can also produce some VERY strange record lock situations. It seems like everyone who tries to access the file winds up queued for a record lock on the bad ID. (UD/SB+/Prelude)
============================================================ Norman Morgan <> nmor...@brake.com <> http://www.brake.com ============================================================ Laissez les bon temps rouler! ============================================================ > > > I use > > LOOP > READNEXT ID ELSE ID = '' > UNTIL ID = '' > Do Stuff > REPEAT > > I thought this was a safe way to check for the end of the > list. I just > used the ID as a flag and I wasn't sure what the value would > be at the end > of a list. I guess I was assuming that a SELECT list would > not contain an > ID of ''. Now I am wondering if this is a good idea. ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
