> Luc Sierens wrote:
>
> >The thing WE are worried about is: what locking level is used by
> >Powerbuilder using Image/SQL? Would it coexist happily with BBXL
> >programs locking at item level? Anyone got experience with this?
 
  Martin Knapp replied
 
> The first thing you need to be aware of is that while you are still
> on MPE/iX 4.0 you are most likely to be using ALLBASE "F" as the
> IMAGE/SQL interface, and in this case there is only one kind of
> locking: a full lock on the entire dataset.
>
> If you are going to get into this seriously, I would recommend
> upgrading to MPE/iX 5.0 before going any further.
> Yours sincerely,
 
ALLBASE 'G' series is available on MPE /iX 4.0.  We've been using it
for about a year now. (migrating to MPE /iX 5.0 RSO).
I think an upgrade to ALLBASE G is mandatory when going from
4.0 to 5.0, but ALLBASE G is runnable on 4.0.
 
Bob
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