Another question on understanding CFLOCK. when you say reading the variable what is considered a read. Any time you use the variable say in a cfoutput. Is this a read and should be locked?
Thanks David ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beau Harbin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 6:27 AM Subject: RE: i don't understand cflock? can you explain it? > Paul, > > The simple rule of thumb is that if you are using > application, session or server variables then you need to > lock them on reads and writes. Meaning if you have a variable > called Application.DSN, then you need to lock it when you > write it and also lock it when you read it. > > If your application does not use application, session or server > variables, then you don't have to worry about it. > > See Nate Weiss' talk at DevCon on locking for more information: > http://www.nateweiss.com > > Good luck, > Beau > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Ihrig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 9:25 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: i don't understand cflock? can you explain it? > > > in the WACK 4.0 & AID book's there is only a 1/2 page or so related to > it. > in mastering cf 4.0 there are a few pages about it, that i really don't > understand. > > if i am not using application variables, just calling data sources for > drop > down list > as well as calling data source for update pages, should i use cflock? > > you know just your standard generic forms, which is about 80% of my > daily > work here. > > how can i get a good grasp of WHY to use them? > > Thanks in advance. > any advice would be great! > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
