While I agree wholeheartedly that personal style counts for a lot, I've got to say the the later is "better" in that it is a forward looking methodology.

Are you dissatisfied with something about your current method?

>>What is the better option to programming in network data sharing:
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>>1) Using the scatter and gatter command, and manually locking, using the rlock() , flock() and isrlocked(), set reprocess, ......
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>>2) Using the buffermode property, and this way use the tableupdate() , tablerevert() , begin transaction,.....
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>>I´m using the dataenvironment, datasession property type 1, buffermodeoverride property type 3.
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>>Thanks
>>Carla