Re: Why NOT the web?

[Mike Eovino <meovino@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 17:59:04 -0600, Pete Hall <pbhall@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> At 10:11 12/30/2004, Walden wrote:
> >Pete mentioned having to lock everything that is read for update -- HUH?
> >If I can read it w/o a lock on the iSeries why can't I on the web? 
> 
> All I can tell you is that these are the things I've found to be problems
> over the last several years. You'll end up with the same data being updated
> simultaneously by multiple users if you don't have a mechanism in place to
> check the data out and enforce the lock, and you will have occasional
> performance problems if your network is substantial. 

Pete, are you talking about reading it and displaying it in a form for
update, as opposed to just displaying it for inquiry?  I can see
wanting to lock it if you want to display it in a form for update, but
not for inquiry.

Mike E.