Re: RGZPFM with ALWCANCEL(*YES)

"Synchronous means tasks are performed sequentially, waiting for one to
complete before the next begins


This is the way I understood the RGZPFM command to work.  I've never seen it re-build multiple access paths at the same time.
Do the QDBSRV jobs take over the tasks?  This might be a new feature since V7R1.

Gavin.


On 10/23/2025 10:08 AM, Charles Wilt wrote:

On Thu, Oct 23, 2025 at 6:54 AM Michael Quigley<MichaelQuigley@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

@Charles: Thanks! that makes Synchronously logical.

@Gavin: I would have to agree with Charles. Merriam Webster defines
Synchronous as " happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same
time". If they happened one at a time, that would be serially. If it's
after the reorganization and then one at a time, what's synchronous about
it?

I apparently read that as asynchronous ...

Merriam Webster does indeed define it as quoted...

But Google's AI overview of "define synchronous" includes..
"Synchronous means "at the same time," as information is exchanged in
real-time, like a live video call or in-person meeting. Asynchronous means
"not at the same time," where there is a time lag between sending a message
and receiving a response, such as with email or text messages."

And "synchronous vs asynchronous" returns...
"Synchronous means tasks are performed sequentially, waiting for one to
complete before the next begins, like a single-lane road. Asynchronous
means tasks can run in parallel or be initiated and then left to complete
later, without blocking others, like having multiple workers on different
tasks simultaneously."

I'm sure there's a logical explanation as to how we got here...but

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Charles