On Friday, Oct 18, 2002, at 19:06 US/Pacific, Tony Weeg wrote: > race condition?
When two requests might get processed at the same time and both might try to read and/or update a shared scope variable... a case of whichever request wins the the race... :) A rule of thumb here is: if you don't really understand the subtleties of race conditions (or deadlock situations), then you're safer to lock every access/update (even if, in reality, you may not need to). In other words, if in doubt, be overly cautious. "Conform! Consume! Obey!" -- Mr Snaffleburger : http://www.matazone.co.uk/theotherside.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm
