yes, but did you read : "But if your updates are susceptible to race conditions"
-----Original Message----- From: Rich Wild [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 27 November 2002 15:12 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] CFMX and locking > If it aint a race condition, surely not locking a simply read > is not require > in MX? read the last 2 lines of Sean Corfield's post: "But if your updates are susceptible to race conditions, you should still lock on updates to prevent such races. Since that can be hard to figure out sometimes, it's still good advice to lock on updates in general." notice the word 'updates'. Even with this advice, I lock anyway. Its a habit I've gotten into and it won't do me any harm. Not doing it however may lead to some head scratching later on in your applications lifespan, when it (hopefully) starts getting some traffic going through it and you start trying to unravel when a lock should be used or not unjder what condition etc etc. Why make life difficult for yourself? http://www.funjunkie.co.uk/images/cflock.gif > -----Original Message----- > From: Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 27 November 2002 14:50 > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] CFMX and locking > > > LOL :-) nah, I never used to lock and I never had any > problems, but now I > either copy the data into the request scope or I lock...... > > "In CF5, if you failed to lock your updates, your shared > scopes could get > corrupted - that won't happen with CFMX. " > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 27 November 2002 14:46 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [ cf-dev ] CFMX and locking > > > thanks Rich, that's cleared up a lot, and by that I'll > continue locking all > my scoped vars:) > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rich Wild" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 2:38 PM > Subject: [ cf-dev ] CFMX and locking > > > > http://www.corfield.org/blog/2002_09_01_archive.html#81527680 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > Rich Wild > > Senior Web Developer > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > e-mango Tel: 01202 755 300 > > Gild House Fax: 01202 755 301 > > 74 Norwich Avenue West > > Bournemouth Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > BH2 6AW, UK http://www.e-mango.com > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This message may contain information which is legally > > privileged and/or confidential. If you are not the > > intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > > unauthorised disclosure, copying, distribution or use > > of this information is strictly prohibited. Such > > notification notwithstanding, any comments, opinions, > > information or conclusions expressed in this message > > are those of the originator, not of e-mango.com ltd, > > unless otherwise explicitly and independently indicated > > by an authorised representative of e-mango.com ltd. > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > -- > > ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com -- ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
