zz,osmic: Mult.Use w/o Locking (was: Re: Oooops big problem in zigzag implementation

[Ted Nelson <ted@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi--

>The biggest problem with DB_File for this application is
>that you can't have two programs editing (or even looking at) the
>database at the same time.

This is partly due to the present locking model.

Please look at our OSMIC prototype (my pages-- real soon now--)
 for an alternative look at multiple users WITH NO LOCKING.
 Each user creates a new edit fork.

Best, T
 

At 08:20 PM 11/1/98 -0500, you wrote:
>
>> for large sites we could swap the DBMS storage for SQL storage
>
>I think that's a good idea.  Even for small sites, it might be
>important.  The biggest problem with DB_File for this application is
>that you can't have two programs editing (or even looking at) the
>database at the same time.
>
>
>
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