Are you using version 5? If not, try looking at the current documentation. http://livedocs.macromedia.com/coldfusion/6.1/htmldocs/tags-p71.htm#wp110078 7
chris >-----Original Message----- >From: Alan Ford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 12:28 PM >To: CF-Talk >Subject: Re: cflock - what does it do? Exactly? > >> Alan, this is a source of frequent confusion. > >Darned tootin! > >I have to say that a lot of the confusion has been caused by Allaire / MM >themselves. The definition here > >http://livedocs.macromedia.com/coldfusion/5.0/CFML_Reference/T >ags57.htm > >is just downright wrong, and a lot of other sites have just copied it. It >would be nice if MM revisited these docs. > >Back in the bad old days on CF 4, 4.5 and 5 I never quite got the hang of >locking and the stress that everything should be locked. And I never quite >got it at least partly because I had been misinformed about what cflock >actually did. > >I can understand race conditions, and understand that if all it blocks is >other <cflocks> then that dictates where you need locks. > >I'm grateful to you for a very clear description of what cflock does and >doesn't do. > >Regards, > >Alan > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 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
