Martijn Tonies wrote:

> > Can't they put in a where condition in the update double checking that
> > the locked_by is null?
>
> Sure, but what if it was unlocked already by a user, then it will
> overwrite the changes without even knowing there were changes.

I expect Steve meant:

1. User 1: update <table> set LockedByUser = 'Me' where RecId =
something and LockedByUser is null, then check that 1 rec was updated.
If not, then someone already had the lock.

I expect this would work...?

Kjell
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