Re: Onunload does not need exclusive access?

In article <5td5pt$irm@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>, zsun@b500dbss.med.osd.mil writes > >Hi, > >We have the following configuration: > Operating System: Windows NT 4.0 > Informix ODS: Online 7.22.TC1 > >We have noticed that we can do "onunload" on a database even though there are >other users access the same database, this is not allowed in OnLine 5.02 (on >SCO Unix). And the Informix Migration Guide (V7.2, Part No. 000-7887B, Page >9-64) says: >"During the unload operation,the new database or table is locked exclusively. > An error is returned if onunload cannot obtain an exclusive lock." > >Does anyone else know whether this is a bug or feature? I cannot find this in >the product defect report. > >Thanks in Advance, > >Zhenling Sun >zsun@med.osd.mil I thought I read somewhere that onunload now takes shared lock on the table... I'm porbably totally confused but maybe right??? -- David Williams