Thanks for this. Actually the earlier response made me forget about the cleverness of cfthread in this situation and look at just using cflock which I think does the trick perfectly well.
Regards Richard > -----Original Message----- > From: Rich Kroll [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 28 July 2008 03:25 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Long running process - cflock & cfthread > > You could use java to manage this, take a look at creating a "guarded > block": > > http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/essential/concurrency/ > guardmeth.html > > HTH, > Rich > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:309783 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4

