On Oct 27, 2011, at 9:03 AM, Robert Forkel wrote: > why not query the database first to see whether the chosen name > already exists? That's what i do in a validator function for a deform > form. Other than the potentially superfluous database query I see no > downside to this. > regards > robert
Robert, Thanks for the reply. I did consider this as an option, but the problem is that there is a (very) small window of opportunity for a conflicting row to be added by another user between the check and the actual insert, which would still result in the IntegrityError exception. Thanks again, Mark -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "pylons-discuss" 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/pylons-discuss?hl=en.
