@WEF. @WLF in @ENTSEL

[John Esak]

With copyin and such for anti-record locking... not only does it not help
two users to be in the seme record simultaneously, *but* someone can go to
the *original* record while you are updating the copy and change *it*. No
good.

I haven't tested your scenario yet Barry, but it sure sounds like a bug or
such.  If it is, it will be one of the first things I haven't been able to
do from @entsel successfully... one way or another. :-)  

Seriously, we do nearly everything from @entsel including huge drill-down
browses that generate printerd reports, forms, virtually every kind of
manipulation and I haven't run into any show-stoppers yet.  I'll try what
you're talking about... but I'm going to have to read the original note
again because the first thing I tried worked as I thought it should. I'll
let you know.

Perhaps, if you put the line of code that creates the problem, I would see
it immediately.  Sorry to be so dense btw, it's a factor of old age???

John



> -----Original Message-----
> From: filepro-list-bounces+john=valar.com at lists.celestial.com
> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+john=valar.com at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf
> Of Barry Wiseman
> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 12:56 PM
> To: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> Subject: Re: @WEF. @WLF in @ENTSEL
> 
> Boaz Bezborodko wrote:
> 
> > If you are so interested in keeping the record out of update mode then
> > why not work from a separate, duplicate file (or even just a separate
> > qualifier)?  When selecting the record to work with COPYIN the data to
> > the new working record.  Once you're ready to update any particular
> > piece of data you update the original record.  The original file is only
> > open very briefly for the updates.  When you're done you simply delete
> > the separate working record.
> 
> Actually, that doesn't solve anything; by your scheme, two users still
> cannot be in
> the same record.  But thanks for the suggestion. :-)
> 
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