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DbServer.BLOBRootLock Method

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Obtain a lock on the root area of a BLOB file.

Namespace:  VO
Assembly:  VORDDClasses (in VORDDClasses.dll) Version: 2.19
Syntax
 VIRTUAL METHOD BLOBRootLock() AS USUAL
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Return Value

Type: Usual
TRUE if successful; otherwise, FALSE.
Remarks
Use DBServer:BLOBRootLock() when accessing the data server in shared mode to obtain a lock on the root area of a BLOB file for reading from or writing to the root area.
Examples
This example illustrates how to store information in the root of a BLOB file and how to use locking for a data server opened in shared mode.
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 1FUNCTION GetSettings()
 2LOCAL aCustSettings AS ARRAY
 3LOCAL oDBCust AS DBServer
 4// Open a customer file in shared mode
 5oDBCust := Customer{}
 6IF oDBCust:BLOBRootLock()
 7aCustSettings := oDBCust:BLOBRootGet()
 8oDBCust:BLOBRootUnlock()
 9ELSE
10Alert("Could not obtain root lock")
11ENDIF
12oDBCust:Close()
13RETURN aCustSettings
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