Dan, Thanks. That at least will allow me to say to someone that thats the expected behaviour.
Russell. On May 24, 1:36 am, Daniel Klein <[email protected]> wrote: > The documentation for the RELEASE and LOCK statements have been updated on > the KB. > > Dan > > On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 9:36 AM, Russell Bowes < > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > I agree that using a RELEASE without any arguments is not desirable > > method of releasing locks, however if I look at the current > > documentation for RELEASE, I cant see, either implicitly or > > explicitly, any idication that it will release my LOCK statement. I > > would prefer either the documentation be updated to highlight this > > functionality, or the RELEASE mechanism be addressed to leave my > > LOCK's to my UNLOCK's... > > > Russell. > > > On May 23, 10:05 pm, "comp.lang.smalltalk" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > This behavior has been around since the jBASE 3 days. > > > > While it is not explicitly mentioned in the RELEASE or LOCK > > > documentation, I did cover it in the 'Keys to Record Locking' > > > knowledgebase article I wrote years ago. > > > > I would tend to agree that it shouldn't do that but then it is sloppy > > > programming to issue a RELEASE statement with no arguments. > > > > Dan > > > > On May 22, 7:54 pm, Russell Bowes <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > We've recently upgraded a client to 5.2.15 and we noticed that issuing > > > > a RELEASE (with no arguments) also released a LOCK which the > > > > application had also taken. > > > > > This bug may have been in previous releases, but we just hadn't > > > > noticed it. > > > > > I'm planning on installing an older release, just out of interest, to > > > > see if this behaviour existed in previous releases. > > > > > Has anyone else experienced this issue ? > > > -- > > IMPORTANT: T24/Globus posts are no longer accepted on this forum. > > > To post, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/jBASE?hl=en- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- IMPORTANT: T24/Globus posts are no longer accepted on this forum. To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jBASE?hl=en
