Aha! See, I expected something like that... Application.lock(true); ...do application stuff... Application.lock(false);
Or something similar... And probably PHP as well... S. Isaac Dealey Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer www.turnkey.to 954-776-0046 > ASP has a lock method which I assume should be used the same as CF's > locks... > Application.Lock() > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Tyrone [mailto:atyrone@;optonline.net] > Sent: Friday, November 1, 2002 16:25 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Understanding Locking In CFMX > There was another post about this I could've responded to, but I deleted > it, hence this new post. > This article: > http://www.macromedia.com/v1/Handlers/index.cfm?ID=23021&Method=Full > Explains why not locking shared scopes won't crash the server, but could > cause a "race condition" and corrupt data. What I don't get is why > OTHER languages don't need locks around shared scopes, if CFMX is indeed > thread-safe like they are (ASP to name one). Basically this article > says "The good news is your server won't crash -- the bad news is, your > data will be totally useless." To me, that says "You still have to lock > everything you always had to, unless you want corrupt data." I'm sorry, > but it seems like a lot of double-talk to me. > In the article they give an example of updating a variable called > session.cartTotal. What if I have two pages -- one that just reads this > variable, and the one they show that reads and performs an update of the > variable simultaneously. Isn't it possible that these two disparate > pages would cause a race condition, proving that you still have to lock? > If I am wrong about this, can anyone explain in English, so my tiny > little brain can comprehend why? > Thanks! > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm
