> -----Original Message----- > From: Octavian Rasnita [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 6:57 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: MySQL and flock > > > Hi all, > > Does anyone know if MySQL uses flock when it modifies the data from a > database.... for locking the files in which are kept the modified tables? > I want to make a perl program which gets the file and store a > back-up but I > don't want to get the files while they are modified. > > Thank you. > > Teddy
Howdy - Check out http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/LOCK_TABLES.html for information about MySQLs method of locking tables. HTH - Ron -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
