[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello,
> I'm considering using sqlite in a system where the database might be
> accessed concurrently from several machines over NFS. I'm aware of 
> locking issues & NFS but I have a couple of questions:
> 
> - Could an NFS-level failure cause data inconsistency, or can 
> sqlite handle such errors?

If NFS locks do not work correctly, you can get massive
data corruption.  Easily.

> - I'm using Linux 2.4/2.6 machines. Anyone knows if their NFS 
> implementation suffers from any locking issues?
> 

I occasionally use a Linux 2.6 system with NFS and the NFS locking
on it does not work right.  But I do not think that is a function
of the kernel so much as it is the NFS setup on that particular
network.
--
D. Richard Hipp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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