PFSKIPLOCKED variable

[Don Coleman]

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> From: filepro-list-bounces+dcoleman=dgcreact.com at lists.celestial.com
> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+dcoleman=dgcreact.com at lists.celestial.com] On
> Behalf Of Bruce Easton
> Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 12:03 PM
> To: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> Subject: RE: PFSKIPLOCKED variable
> 
> Don Coleman wrote Friday, April 27, 2007 11:16 AM:
> [..]
> > I have a *report function which updates imported records every 5
> minutes.
> > There should be no harm in having it periodically skip a locked record
> > because it will run again shortly.
> > The manual seems to indicate the following syntax:
> >
> > Putenv "PFSKIPLOCKED","5"
> > To skip if locked after 5 seconds.
> >
> > However it is not skipping those records after 5 seconds.
> [..]
> 
> Don - sounds like you might be setting the env var inside the
> program where it needs to be seen.  If this is true, try setting
> PFSKIPLOCKED prior to calling your report request - in the shell/prog
> that calls rreport (and exporting it, if necessary).
> 
> Bruce
> 
> Bruce Easton
> STN, Inc.
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Thank you Bruce & John.  You were both correct.  I was setting the variable
within processing which meant it was not being set because processing had
not actually begun on the locked record.  This process runs last in a
script.  I'll set the variable there.



Don Coleman
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