Lock Table

redStripe

Hello,
I would like to lock a specific table during the runtime of a function.
If there is set a flag, this lock should be reset.
I tried 2 ways:

1. Locktable
Loop that check if the parameter ist set
if yes, reset the lock

2. I made a little form and in the onTimer Trigger i write a dummy record
to the table and after that I delete it. So Navision should lock this
table by itself.

To test both ways I tried so write new data to the locked table - and it
worked!?! But why??? I locked that table ... why I can write to it?
It should be permitted.

regards,
redStripe

nunomaia

The form with timer and the lock were running in the same client?

redStripe

I tried both.
I can write data to the table in the client where the form runs, but also
from an other client I can write to the table.

bbrown

Which database are you using (Native or SQL)?

redStripe

sorry I forgot to say ... it is a Native DB

bbrown

How are you calling the LockTable? Remember that the lock will only last to the end of the current transaction. Put something like a CONFIRM statement that will hold the transaction open.

redStripe

I do it this way ...

//blocking the table
recTable.Locktable(true);

repeat
  //stop and wait
until parameter = true

//unblocking the table
recTable.reset;

as long as the parameter = false the the table should be locked.
But I can insert a new row without any problem ... why???

kriki

Important : Navision buffers its writes to the DB on the client. Once the buffer is full or an immediate response is required from the server, it is send to the DB.
If you are debugging, this buffering does not happen.
So the LOCKTABLE itself does not always lock the table immediately. If you want to do that, you should put a "IF FINDFIRST THEN ;" [or FIND('-') ] after it.
This last piece of code sends the "LOCKTABLE"-request to the DB and the table will be locked.

redStripe

i put a find('-') now after the locktable ... but I get the same result nothing
changed
Are there maybe other ways to block a table?

kriki

Try this:

recTheTable.LOCKTABLE;
IF recTheTable.FIND('-') THEN ;
IF CONFIRM('The table should be locked now',FALSE) THEN ;
COMMIT; // a RESET doesn't free the table. A COMMIT does.