>>>Are you sure you can use such construct here?
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>>>LOCATE FOR RLOCK() sounds a bit dangerous to me.
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>>Dangerous? I don't think so. Non-intuitive, perhaps.
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>>While looking for a record that matches the condition, VFP will try to lock each record!
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>>I tried it some time ago, and it worked.
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>Yes, I understand that it would try to lock each record. Did you test speed wise LOCATE FOR RLOCK() vs. SCAN IF RLOCK() on a big table?
No, I didn't test the speed, although I guess that it should be slightly faster. It is mainly that I like the astounding simplicity of the code.
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