--- Paul Herring <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Feb 19, 2008 1:45 PM, Kiran Divakaran > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi All, > > > > Have a design issue relating to handling files. > > > > There is process 1 which churns out a flat file . > > > > Now there is another process which needs to read > this file and update the information contained into > a database. > > > > So how should this be managed ideally .... > > > > This should be done so that there is a race > condition that needs to be avoided between the write > and the read processes. > > Use a pipe instead? > > -- > PJH > > http://shabbleland.myminicity.com >
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