I think this problem is discussed there: http://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=313
Julian On Aug 7, 4:30 am, Cornel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello. I'm using app engine to write a business application. I've read > that during a transaction one can modify only entities within the same > entity group. How would one approach the following scenario? : > > Consider the "Account object" with the "Owner" and "Credit" fields. > > If i want to make a credit transfer between accounts A and B > (A.credit--; B.credit++), it must be done in a single transaction. > That can only happen if A and B are in the same entity group (from > what i understand) > > Since a credit transfer can be done between any two random accounts, i > must put them all in the same entity group; but this way, two > unrelated transfers (A to B and C to D let's say) cannot be done at > the same time anymore. Which again is not desired (i understand that > having a single big entity group is bad practice) > > I think this is a pretty general problem (not related only to this > scenario), so how is it solved? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
