Dave, With CFMX you do not need to use CFLOCK on shared scope variables (session, application, server) UNLESS there is a chance of a race condition occurring.
See http://users.evitech.fi/~tk/rtp/parallel-programming-theory.html#race_condit ion for a brief description of race conditions. Regards Stephen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 1:38 PM Subject: yet another locking ? > im a bit confused and after scouring through the archives and all my emails and the MM boards, I am left a bit confused. > I'm running cfmx > and I have seen that some people say that with cfmx that you don't need to lock your sessions at all and some say you need to lock everything. > > most of my sites wont need to be locked I'm assuming, small ones, mostly with just 1 admin user at a time. > > But I have several huge sites coming up (one of the reasons I am moving over to cfm) and the will have several hundred to over a 1000 people on at a time. > > I'm more concerned with the bigger sites obviously. > I cant really find my answer in either book I am reading either (bens big ass, heavier than sh*t, already crushed my frickin foot with goliath! excellent book though!) and (the 10 steps book) btw~ both books need more pix! ha-ha > > so I wanted your guys recommendations > > > Dave > > -------------- .::. ----------------------------------------- > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
