RE: Locking by name - is is application independant ?

2002-04-28 Thread James Sleeman
On Sat, 2002-04-27 at 04:54, Dave Watts wrote: When should you use each? Right now, I do not use named locks. If you're using CF 4.5.x or higher, you should use the SCOPE attribute when locking memory variables, and the NAME attribute for locking other things, like CFX tags, if they

RE: Locking by name - is is application independant ?

2002-04-28 Thread Dave Watts
The problem with this is that you can't just lock part of the APPLICATION scope for example, if you want to do something to only some stuff stored in the app scope you need to use named locks - but if you do that you're gonna have to be careful that you don't use a name that some other

Re: Locking by name - is is application independant ?

2002-04-28 Thread James Sleeman
- Original Message - From: Dave Watts [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Talk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 8:04 AM Subject: RE: Locking by name - is is application independant ? The problem with this is that you can't just lock part of the APPLICATION scope for example

RE: Locking by name - is it application independant ?

2002-04-27 Thread Dave Watts
Is the goal in locking a CFX tag to prevent two users from accessing the tag simultaneously? So if two applications use the same CFX tag the tag should have the same lock name? Yes, if the CFX tag needs to be locked. Not all CFX tags do; some are thread-safe, others aren't. Dave Watts,

RE: Locking by name - is is application independant ?

2002-04-26 Thread Dave Watts
If i have two applications on the same CF server, indentified by to different CFAPPLICATION tags, say one with an application name Foo and the other Bar, and I execute a bit of code in each that does a *named* cflock using the same name, will that lock extend across applications ? It's

RE: Locking by name - is is application independant ?

2002-04-26 Thread Andy Ousterhout
When should you use each? Right now, I do not use named locks. ANdy -Original Message- From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 9:04 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Locking by name - is is application independant ? If i have two applications on the same

RE: Locking by name - is is application independant ?

2002-04-26 Thread Dave Watts
When should you use each? Right now, I do not use named locks. If you're using CF 4.5.x or higher, you should use the SCOPE attribute when locking memory variables, and the NAME attribute for locking other things, like CFX tags, if they need to be locked. If you're using CF 4.0.x, you don't

RE: Locking by name - is it application independant ?

2002-04-26 Thread Owen Leonard
If you're using CF 4.5.x or higher, you should use the SCOPE attribute when locking memory variables, and the NAME attribute for locking other things, like CFX tags, if they need to be locked. Is the goal in locking a CFX tag to prevent two users from accessing the tag simultaneously? So if