Threading in Progress

[Joel W Winston]

Could someone say if threading is possible in Progress / OpenEdge? If so is it through persistent procedure?

Thanks
Joel

 

[TomBascom]

Progress is aggressively single-threaded.

In order to multi-thread you will need multiple sessions. To coordinate those sessions it is often useful to use a database table.

 

[AndrewSmith]

Other options include using Appserver sessions (synchronous and asynchronous calls), or using a socket server process to coordinate various client sessions.

But there is no support for threads natively, as found in .NET for example.

 

[Joel W Winston]

Thanks for your replies.

 

[tamhas]

See http://www.oehive.org/MultiThread for my argument about why we need this and make noise with your PSC reps ... but don't hold your breath.