records not locking?

[Kenneth Brody]

On 6/3/2014 12:45 PM, Mike Schwartz wrote:
[...]
>       If I recall correctly, a write of a file closes ALL the aliased lookups
> to that file.  (I'm sure somebody will correct me if that's no longer
> correct, but that's a rule I obey when I program...)  You never want to do
> this:  Update a few fields, WRITE, reopen, update a few fields, write...
> This will just kill your performance, if nothing else...
[...]

No, a WRITE will not close any files or release any resources other than the 
record lock.  A CLOSE, on the other hand, does what you describe.

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Kenneth Brody