Re: Shared member lock API

["M. Lazarus" <mlazarus@xxxxxxxx>]

Simon,

At 8/11/00 05:29 PM +1000, you wrote:
>I hadn't considered the possibility of a logical built over different 
>physical files in
>my earlier note.  That would suggest that the shared file name ought to be 
>in the list so
>each member could have its associated file listed.  Perhaps you should 
>complete a Design
>Change Request (DCR) to add an OBJL0200 format that does put the shared 
>file in the list.
>It probably should also provide the shared member name since the current 
>format doesn't
>show that either.

  Good suggestion.


>Besides, multi-format logical files don't fit the relational paradigm
>and were intended as a migration aid.  Why are they still being used?   :-)

  I see the smiley.  But in all seriousness, have you ever worked on an EDI 
application?  A
MF-LF makes it much easier to process all those header / detail files.

  -mark

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