> OK that example is poor I admit...but do you see the reasoning behind > locking? If a lock was in place Jill would't be able to edit her post > because she would get a message stating that Admin Jack was allready editing > it.
GET_LOCK has no way of conveying that information. You would need to use a completely different mechanism to identify who is holding a lock. How are you going to avoid deadlock? -Rasmus -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]