From: duffaddress@ananzi.co.za.invalid   
      
   Hello, all.   
      
   When a user invokes a ctl-spacebar lookup does this place a table lock?   
   Yes, I know it does.   
      
   simply put   
      
   Student --->> Purchase --->> Bookitems(which looks up from books.db)   
      
   On my system, when one operator is searching for a record on the lookup,   
   then a user on another machine is unable to calculate a total of their   
   Bookitems.   
      
   We solve this effectively if crudely by yelling across the room "will   
   someone hurry up their lookup so I can get my total".   
      
   Surely this can't happen on large systems with dozens of people using a   
   lookup, the system would be unworkable?   
      
   Is there any way around this? I thought about a button to play a tune to   
   the offending lookerup, but something more elegant is needed I feel.   
      
   I do have an automatic retry loop and a notice telling the operator what   
   is happening and what to do.   
      
   Regards   
   Anne   
      
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