well, i'd been under the impression that <cflock name="#createUUID#" ... > was the 'way to go' (which addresses the issue of similiarly named locks)
On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 17:29:16 -0500, Calvin Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Named locks are server wide if I'm not mistaken. So if you have a named lock > in app ABC and the same named lock in app XYZ, and if they were called > concurrently, then XYZ user would have to wait on ABC user regardless if the > locks had anything to do with each other. So if you do used named locks, you > would want to do something like #applicationname#mylock. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Charlie Griefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 4:50 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: proper locking techniques : Access > > at the risk of exposing my ignorance... :) > > I thought named locks were better than, say, locking an entire scope. > If I were to lock the session scope, doesn't that effectively single > thread the scope for every user of the scope? I thought a named lock > would only effectively single thread one particular user's process (?) > > On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 13:40:37 -0800, Matt Robertson > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You would use a named lock in the (hopefully *extremely* rare) > > instance where you want only a single user to execute a block of code > > at any one time. > > > > Hopefully your app design never causes such a need to arise. > > > > -- > > --mattRobertson-- > > Janitor, MSB Web Systems > > mysecretbase.com > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:192474 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
