The RETRYLOCK option indicates whether you wish to retry a READ operation that fails because the record is locked.
Syntax:
RETRYLOCK
=
{
ON
}
{
OFF
}
{
NOSTATUS
}
{
integer
}
Parameters:
- ON
- Retry the operation until no lock is encountered.
- OFF
- Do not attempt a retry.
- NOSTATUS
- Retry the operation for those files for which no status field is defined.
-
integer
- Specify the number of attempts or the number of seconds for which you wish to retry the operation before a locked record status is returned. The RETRYTIME option controls the meaning of integer; for more information see the topic RETRYTIME.
