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Re: [zzdev] Re: Oooops big problem in zigzag implementation
- To: zzdev@xxxxxxxxxx
- Subject: Re: [zzdev] Re: Oooops big problem in zigzag implementation
- From: Andrew Pam <xanni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 17:36:09 +1100
- In-reply-to: <19981102012042.2954.qmail@xxxxxxxxxx>; from Mark-Jason Dominus on Sun, Nov 01, 1998 at 08:20:42PM -0500
- References: <19981102112323.B23045@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <19981102012042.2954.qmail@xxxxxxxxxx>
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On Sun, Nov 01, 1998 at 08:20:42PM -0500, Mark-Jason Dominus wrote:
> 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.
...at least, not without serialising it (either using locking or using
a server process that performs all the database operations).
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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